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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.
Rita Mae Brown
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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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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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Seriousness is the refuge of the shallow. There are events and personal experiences that call forth seriousness but they are fewer than most of us think.
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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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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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If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
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Never measure literature by accounting statistics. A quarter of working authors earn less than $1,000.
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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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Lead me not into temptation I can find the way myself.
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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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Odd thing about death ... it reaffirms life.
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Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
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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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I mean, what do people talk about when they're married? Their kids, I guess. Maybe that's all they have in common.
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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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whoever said progress was a positive thing has never been to Florida or California.
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