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Never hope for it more than you work for it.

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
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Hope
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Familiarity breeds consent.
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Never measure literature by accounting statistics. A quarter of working authors earn less than $1,000.
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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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I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town.
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Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.
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If you don't like my book, write your own.
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Dying's not so bad. At least I won't have to answer the telephone.
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England is an aquarium, not a nation.
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Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.
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The only merciful thing about drug abuse is the speed with which it devastates you. Alcoholics can take decades to destroy themselves and everyone they touch. The drug addict can accomplish this in a year or two. Of course, suicide is even more efficient.
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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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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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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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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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Odd thing about death ... it reaffirms life.
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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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