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Any woman whose I.Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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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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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
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compromise is the work of mature people.
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He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.
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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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The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.
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I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.
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The human animal dances wildest on the edge of the grave.
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I think gay people are like blondes: There're fewer of them but they have more fun.
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I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.
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No one remembers her beginnings. Mothers and aunts tell us about infancy and early childhood, hoping we won't forget the past when they had total control over our lives and secretly praying that because of it, we'll include them in our future.
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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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Dying's not so bad. At least I won't have to answer the telephone.
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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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