Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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One thing Mom taught me, "You're going to be dead a long time, so do it now!"
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Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.
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The human animal varies from class to class, culture to culture. In one way we are consistent: We are irrational.
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English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships.
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Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
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Alcohol is an allergy of the body and an obsession of the mind.
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It's an act of faith to be a writer in a postliterate world.
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England is an aquarium, not a nation.
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sex has never been private and it never will be. We perform the act in private but we must be public about the connection. Sex is how we pass down worldly goods. It's how we create the primary unit of our society, the couple. ... This rule applies to gay people as well as straight people. ... The community absolutely must know who is straight, who is gay, who is married, and who is single. Without that information we make painful mistakes and lose time.
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Tennis is physical chess.
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Pain isn't always the enemy.
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Where there is no faith, devils are a necessity.
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I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.
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If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.
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compromise is the work of mature people.
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Every day you're alive and someone loves you is a miracle.
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If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.
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Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed.
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People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.
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The owner of Mojo's was a suicide blonde, dyed by her own hand.
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I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.
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Never let anyone or any social attitude stand in the way of your productivity.
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Language is decanted and shared. If only one person is left alive speaking a language - the case with some American Indian languages - the language is dead. Language takes two and their multiples.
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One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.