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Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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Tennis, imprisoned within fixed boundaries, a patch of an acre, a green rectangle, tries the human soul. A tennis court is like a coffin, only larger.
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It's an act of faith to be a writer in a postliterate world.
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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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Sport strips away personality, letting the white bone of character shine through. Sport gives players an opportunity to know and test themselves. The great difference between sport and art is that sport, like a sonnet, forces beauty within its own system. Art, on the other hand, cyclically destroys boundaries and breaks free.
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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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Don't hope more than you're willing to work.
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Nothing is unnatural - just untried.
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There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos.
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Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
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I have finally figured out that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.
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One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
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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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whoever said progress was a positive thing has never been to Florida or California.
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I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.
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Divorce: fission after fusion.
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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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I believe every change any word has undergone probably originated in ignorance.
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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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Never let anyone or any social attitude stand in the way of your productivity.
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I believe that we often disguise pain through ritual and it may be the only solace we have.
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