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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
Rita Mae Brown
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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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Lgbtiq+ Rights Activist
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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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When Mother died I was both freed and abandoned, as are we all at this profound juncture in our lives.
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Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.
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What's the point of prolonging your life if you don't enjoy it? It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Better to wear out than rust over.
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Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves. The great difference between sport and art is that sport, like a sonnet, forces beauty within its own system. Art, on the other hand, cyclically destroys boundaries and breaks free.
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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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Would it upset men if they found out we weren't different? Are we? Aren't we? Damned if I know.
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