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England is an aquarium, not a nation.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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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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Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.
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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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whoever said progress was a positive thing has never been to Florida or California.
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I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
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Normal is the average of deviance.
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Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
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Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - it's made for the losers.
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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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If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.
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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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Whenever I doubt the existence of God or the Goddess, I look at horses. Only God could have made a horse.
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Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.
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One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
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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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I believe all literature started as gossip.
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Death is a greatly overrated experience. I hated Mother's and I'm not looking forward to my own. Apart from the sorrow there are the bills to be paid. Nobody dies for free.
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Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.
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Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
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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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