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About all you can do in life is be who you are.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
Autobiographer
Lgbtiq+ Rights Activist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Polo Player
Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Individuality
Esteem
Life

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If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
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[A pariah is] something like a martyr with more suffering and less class.
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Odd thing about death ... it reaffirms life.
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Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.
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If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.
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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 do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.
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I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.
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I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.
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Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.
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When God made man she was practicing.
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Armies are dependent on youthful male ignorance.
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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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Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.
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I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.
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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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So often the truth is told with hate, and lies are told with love.
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Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.
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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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