Rita Mae Brown Quotes

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

Rita Mae Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 28, 1944

Topics

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Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

Jodie Foster

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I wanted to be successful. I definitely didn't want to be poor.

Andrew Cherng

WantPoorSuccessfulWanted

'Ancillary Sword' picked up the Locus and the BSFA, which surprised the heck out of me.

Ann Leckie

MeSwordOutUpSurprisedWhich

I started to invest in very-early-stage companies where, even though I wasn't the founder, I could help shape the early strategy and culture.

Aneel Bhusri

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Dreaming big is always a good way to go about things.

Robert Coppola Schwartzman

GoodGoWayAlwaysBigDreaming

Extraordinarily, I was up in the cemetery in Derry City, and I had a red cape on with a fur hood as a little girl, when a gun battle broke out between the IRA and the British Army, and I got caught in the crossfire.

Roma Downey

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There's something really special to me about sharing mutual admiration with another musician.

Liv Bruce

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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

Joseph Joubert

BetterDebateSettleQuestionThan

You are at some point exposed to a wonderful story, and you really want to know what happens next, so you learn to read in order to find out.

Diana Gabaldon

StoryLearnYouFindKnowWant

Technology is how we create wealth, how we cure diseases, how we'll build an environment that's sustainable and also gives people the capacity to pull more out of this world and still leave it better than when they found it.

Dean Kamen

TechnologyPeopleWorldBetterBuild

I've never seen a moon in the sky that, if it didn't take my breath away, at least misplaced it for a moment.

Colin Farrell

MomentSkyMoonNeverBreathTake

Most popular records are action-packed to the last semi-quaver.

Chris Squire

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