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He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.

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
Prosaist
Screenwriter
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If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
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I believe every change any word has undergone probably originated in ignorance.
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Two wrongs don't make a right. No, but three will get you back on the freeway!
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The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.
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Never let anyone or any social attitude stand in the way of your productivity.
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My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.
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Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.
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About all you can do in life is be who you are.
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I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.
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I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town.
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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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