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Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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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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I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town.
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What's the point of prolonging your life if you don't enjoy it? It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Better to wear out than rust over.
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You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say.
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Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.
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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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I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering is unnecessary. It doesn't make you a better artist it only makes you a hungry one. However, to me the acquisition of the craft of writing was worth any amount of suffering.
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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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About all you can do in life is be who you are.
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To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.
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Never hope for it more than you work for it.
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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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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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Computer dating is fine, if you're a computer.
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Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.
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Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.
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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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To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.
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