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About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.
Rita Mae Brown
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The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
Rita Mae Brown
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Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
Rita Mae Brown
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Normal is the average of deviance.
Rita Mae Brown
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You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
Rita Mae Brown
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One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.
Rita Mae Brown
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Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.
Rita Mae Brown
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I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.
Rita Mae Brown
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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.
Rita Mae Brown
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Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.
Rita Mae Brown
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When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.
Rita Mae Brown
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I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.
Rita Mae Brown
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The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.
Rita Mae Brown
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Morals are private. Decency is public.
Rita Mae Brown
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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.
Rita Mae Brown
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Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.
Rita Mae Brown
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Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.
Rita Mae Brown
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If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
Rita Mae Brown
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Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.
Rita Mae Brown
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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.
Rita Mae Brown
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
Rita Mae Brown
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I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
Rita Mae Brown
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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.
Rita Mae Brown
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Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.
Rita Mae Brown
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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.
Rita Mae Brown
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As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.
Rita Mae Brown
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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.
Rita Mae Brown
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Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.
Rita Mae Brown
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You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
Rita Mae Brown
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If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
Rita Mae Brown
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About all you can do in life is be who you are.
Rita Mae Brown
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Some people live life and others talk about it.
Rita Mae Brown
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The owner of Mojo's was a suicide blonde, dyed by her own hand.
Rita Mae Brown
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So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh when I go to a bookstore and see all those titles about controlling your life. You're lucky if you can control your bladder.
Rita Mae Brown
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While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are dear to me, too.
Rita Mae Brown
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Pornography exists for the lonesome, the ugly, the fearful - it's made for the losers.
Rita Mae Brown
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I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
Rita Mae Brown
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Humor comes from self-confidence.
Rita Mae Brown
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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.
Rita Mae Brown
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Femininity and masculinity are social constructs. Female and male are biological. We don't have to learn to be men or women but we do have to learn to be ladies and gentlemen.
Rita Mae Brown
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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.
Rita Mae Brown
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Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
Rita Mae Brown
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One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
Rita Mae Brown
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No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love
Rita Mae Brown
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Life is too short to be miserable.
Rita Mae Brown
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Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.
Rita Mae Brown
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Content without style is propaganda or adolescence. Style without content is decadence.
Rita Mae Brown
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I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.
Rita Mae Brown
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If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.
Rita Mae Brown
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A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.
Rita Mae Brown