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A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
Rita Mae Brown
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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering is unnecessary. It doesn't make you a better artist it only makes you a hungry one. However, to me the acquisition of the craft of writing was worth any amount of suffering.
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Life is unjust, people can be cruel, and yet if you harden your heart, you will lose what little love there is in this world.
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