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Normal is the average of deviance.

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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American hunting is quite different from English hunting because we don't hunt to kill. Even if I wanted to kill a fox, I couldn't. They're too smart and they have too many ways to escape me, whereas they don't in England.
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People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.
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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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Any woman whose I.Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist.
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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.
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The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.
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To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.
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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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The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.
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I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.
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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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Familiarity breeds consent.
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Computer dating? It's terrific if you're a computer!
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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
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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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Dying's not so bad. At least I won't have to answer the telephone.
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Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn't breaking. It hurts because it's getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds.
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Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed.
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