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Rita Mae Brown Inspirational Quotes (136)

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Tennis, imprisoned within fixed boundaries, a patch of an acre, a green rectangle, tries the human soul. A tennis court is like a coffin, only larger.
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So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh when I go to a bookstore and see all those titles about controlling your life. You're lucky if you can control your bladder.
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Familiarity breeds consent.
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My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.
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Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.
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I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. Also, a comic vision is my natural world view, but I've grown up in spite of myself and I can pass the comic twist if it detracts from what the characters need. Yes, the life of a saint is hard.
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Consider the new woman. She's trying to be Pollyanna Borgia, clearly a conflict of interest. She's supposed to be a ruthless winner at work and a bundle of nurturing sweetness at home.
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While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, Man, And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
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Dying's not so bad. At least I won't have to answer the telephone.
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Why marry a woman if you're going to betray her, and if you're going to betray her, why beat her? The fault is not hers ... I sometimes think the worst we do, we do behind closed doors.
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Computer dating is fine, if you're a computer.
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I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.
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As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.
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The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.
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... I distrust manifest knowledge.
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Trouble is said to be good for an artist's soul but almost never is.
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Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.
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One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
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English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships.
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Self-pity is the simplest luxury.
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You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say.
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many lesbians were so far in the closet they were in danger of being mistaken for garment bags.
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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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England is an aquarium, not a nation.
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