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I mean, what do people talk about when they're married? Their kids, I guess. Maybe that's all they have in common.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
Autobiographer
Lgbtiq+ Rights Activist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Polo Player
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Screenwriter
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I believe in art that conceals art.
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English is weak in describing emotional states or intensities of interpersonal relationships.
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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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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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A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
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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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Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.
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Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.
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Political elections are not life and death.
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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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Dean: Don't you find that somewhat of an aberration? Doesn't this disturb you my dear? After all, it's not normal. Molly: I know it's not normal for people in this world to be happy, and I'm happy.
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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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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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I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town.
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The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.
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I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.
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