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I always feel bad for those who, in a sense, cede their authority to others, let others make major decisions about their life and actually believe them. When you're tiny, you have no choice. But as soon as your mind starts working, you pretty well figure it out. And you realize you're a hostage until you're old enough to leave. But as long as you have that goal - I will get out of here - you'll be OK.
Rita Mae Brown -
Never let anyone or any social attitude stand in the way of your productivity.
Rita Mae Brown
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Trouble is said to be good for an artist's soul but almost never is.
Rita Mae Brown -
If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.
Rita Mae Brown -
So often the truth is told with hate, and lies are told with love.
Rita Mae Brown -
It's still easier to take a blow from outside than it is to be disgusted with myself for not taking a stand. I don't know how people can live and not fight back but apparently millions do. They must hate themselves.
Rita Mae Brown -
The human animal varies from class to class, culture to culture. In one way we are consistent: We are irrational.
Rita Mae Brown -
compromise is the work of mature people.
Rita Mae Brown
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If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
Rita Mae Brown -
Why can't peace be a single overriding common purpose: why do we wait for a crisis to pull us together? Let's pull together for peace.
Rita Mae Brown -
Alcohol is an allergy of the body and an obsession of the mind.
Rita Mae Brown -
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.
Rita Mae Brown -
Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.
Rita Mae Brown -
I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.
Rita Mae Brown
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People are like tea bags; you never know how strong they'll be until they're in hot water. In times of trouble, you not only discover what you truly believe but whether or not you can act on your beliefs.
Rita Mae Brown -
I had to learn the image is not the word, which is a jolt for a literary soul. But it has served me well in terms of understanding plot, in terms of watching actors develop characters.
Rita Mae Brown -
I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.
Rita Mae Brown -
If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.
Rita Mae Brown -
Gossip is irresponsible communication.
Rita Mae Brown -
I don't believe in straight or gay. I really don't. I think we're all degrees of bisexual.
Rita Mae Brown