Rita Mae Brown Quotes

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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

  Love, Life, Being Yourself

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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

  Inspiration, Learning, People

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.47, Bantam

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• Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Simple, Looks

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• The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Women

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• Some people live life and others talk about it.

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  Live Life, People

  Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser”, p.161, Bantam

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• One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

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  Happiness, Happy, Funny Inspirational

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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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  Strong, Believe, Water

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• If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Failure, Procrastination, Done

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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

  Single, Thankful, Gratitude

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.20, Bantam

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• I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Writing, Doors, Splinters

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• Life is unjust, people can be cruel, and yet if you harden your heart, you will lose what little love there is in this world.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Heart, People, World

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Dolley”, p.216, Bantam

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• Life is too short to be miserable.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Life Is Too Short, Life Is Short, Miserable

  Rita Mae Brown (1982). “Southern discomfort”, Harpercollins

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• Pain isn't always the enemy.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Pain, Enemy

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• People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.

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  Beautiful, People, Who Cares

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Bingo”, p.285, Bantam

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• The price of dishonesty is self-destruction.

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  Inspirational, Self, Dishonesty

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• Two wrongs don't make a right. No, but three will get you back on the freeway!

  Rita Mae Brown

  Two, Three, Freeways

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Hiss of Death: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery”, p.121, Bantam

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• Morals are private. Decency is public.

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  Moral, Privacy, Decency

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.84, Bantam

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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

  Laughing, Titles, Lucky

  Rita Mae Brown (2009). “Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser”, p.406, Bantam

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• To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Love, Play, Roles

  Rita Mae Brown (1976). “A plain brown rapper”, Diana Pr

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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.

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  Funny, Friendship, Depressing

  Rita Mae Brown (1989). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, Bantam

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• If you're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Dies, Ifs

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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

  Christian, Gay, Men

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• To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.

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  Meaningful, Work, Meaningful Work

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• I can only say I wish I had slept with everyone I am accused of.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Wish, Accused, I Can

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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

  Life, Motivational, Spiritual

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