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I believe in art that conceals art.

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
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Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.
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Computer dating is fine, if you're a computer.
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... I distrust manifest knowledge.
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I think gay people are like blondes: There're fewer of them but they have more fun.
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many lesbians were so far in the closet they were in danger of being mistaken for garment bags.
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I don't think there is a 'gay lifestyle.' I think that's superficial crap, all that talk about gay culture. A couple of restaurants on Castro Street and a couple of magazines do not constitute culture. Michelangelo is culture. Virginia Woolf is culture. So let's don't confuse our terms. Wearing earrings is not culture.
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Dean: Don't you find that somewhat of an aberration? Doesn't this disturb you my dear? After all, it's not normal. Molly: I know it's not normal for people in this world to be happy, and I'm happy.
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Consider the new woman. She's trying to be Pollyanna Borgia, clearly a conflict of interest. She's supposed to be a ruthless winner at work and a bundle of nurturing sweetness at home.
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Never let anyone or any social attitude stand in the way of your productivity.
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All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.
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I don't expect executives to be creative but I do expect them to have courage.
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I believe all literature started as gossip.
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Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.
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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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When the corpses are cleared no new order will emerge. Power, society, relationships, will descend in all their confusion on a new generation. The old, who started this conflagration, will retreat, worn out, the survivors and the young will continue the dance.
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Lead me not into temptation I can find the way myself.
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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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I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.
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