Rita Mae Brown quotes - page 2

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television. (Rita Mae Brown)
Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results. View quote
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Don't hope more than you're willing to work. View quote
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If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other. View quote
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It doesn't matter to me. We're still cousins in our own way. Blood's just something old people talk about to make you feel bad. View quote
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I also think living in the country gives you faith. All you have to do is get up and look at the mountains and look at the other animals to realize that your problems are mostly made up or exacerbated by humans. But human life isn't necessarily life. There's so much more out there. View quote
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Loving's pretty easy. It's letting someone love you that's hard. View quote
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For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself. View quote
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He unzipped his pants and his brains fell out. View quote
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He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim. View quote
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Any woman whose I. Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist. (Rita Mae Brown)
Every day you're alive and someone loves you is a miracle. View quote
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Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. View quote
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Plot involves fragmentary reality, and it might involve composite reality. Fragmentary reality is the view of the individual. Composite reality is the community or state view. Fragmentary reality is always set against composite reality. Virginia Woolf did this by creating fragmentary monologues and for a while this was all the rage in literature. She was a genius. In the hands of the merely talented it came off like gibberish. View quote
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I have changed my definition of tragedy. I now think tragedy is not foul deeds done to a person (usually noble in some manner) but rather that tragedy is irresolvable conflict. Both sides/ideas are right. View quote
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When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began. View quote
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Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed. View quote
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When God made man she was practicing. View quote
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Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to. View quote
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Life is too short to be miserable. View quote
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Morals are private. Decency is public. (Rita Mae Brown)
Humor comes from self-confidence. View quote
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I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority. View quote
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Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there. View quote
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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can. View quote
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