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If you don't like my book, write your own.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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I believe every change any word has undergone probably originated in ignorance.
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Morals are private. Decency is public.
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Life is too short to be miserable.
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To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.
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The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.
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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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I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
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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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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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If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
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Never measure literature by accounting statistics. A quarter of working authors earn less than $1,000.
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I had to learn the image is not the word, which is a jolt for a literary soul. But it has served me well in terms of understanding plot, in terms of watching actors develop characters.
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While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, Man, And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
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I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.
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Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.
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Monogamy is contrary to nature but necessary for the greater social good.
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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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...funny how people want a return to the good ole days. Of coarse the good ole days of being a rich white plantation owner. Everyone seems to forget the poor white farmer.
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The human animal dances wildest on the edge of the grave.
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I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town.
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