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In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.

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
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Sports
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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 believe all literature started as gossip.
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compromise is the work of mature people.
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... I distrust manifest knowledge.
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He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.
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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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Youth moves out, leaving no forwarding address. No matter how you try, you can't reach that person again or that place.
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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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The human animal dances wildest on the edge of the grave.
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