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I believe every change any word has undergone probably originated in ignorance.
Rita Mae Brown
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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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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 in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
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Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
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Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.
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Self-pity is the simplest luxury.
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The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.
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Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.
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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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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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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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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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Armies are dependent on youthful male ignorance.
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Familiarity breeds consent.
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Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.
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It's an act of faith to be a writer in a postliterate world.
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Never let anyone or any social attitude stand in the way of your productivity.
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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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Love is the wild card of existence.
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