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Quote by Rita Mae Brown

“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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Rita Mae Brown is an American writer born on November 28, 1944. Her works span across various genres including novels and poetry, known for her unique sense of humor and insightful commentary on social issues. more

“For love is a flattering mischief, that hath denied aged and wise men a foresight of those evils that too often prove to be the children of that blind father; a passion, that carries us to commit errors with as much ease as whirlwinds move feathers, and begets in us an unwearied industry to the attainment of what we desire.”

Source: The Pilgrim's Progress & the Lives of Donne and Herbert

“Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice”

Men May Mean Born Practice Discourse Inclination Angling

Author:Izaak Walton

“Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.”

Virtue Doubt Sea Prove Rivers Rewards Fishes Boat Pleasant Lakes Fishing Angling

Book:The complete angler; or, Contemplative man's recreation:: being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing. In two parts:

Source: The complete angler; or, Contemplative man's recreation:: being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing. In two parts:

“Oh, the gallant fisher's life!It is the best of any;'T is full of pleasure, void of strife,And 't is beloved by many.”

Pleasure Beloved Void Strife Gallant

Book:The complete angler, by I. Walton and C. Cotton. New illustr. ed., with notes by G.C. Davies

Source: The complete angler, by I. Walton and C. Cotton. New illustr. ed., with notes by G.C. Davies

“It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.”

Men Art Practice Wise Deserve Worthy Fishing Angling Commendation

Author:Izaak Walton

“A good time to hit is with men on base, because the pitcher ain't got no place to put you. He's going to get that ball around there somewhere. He don't want to walk you.”

Men Want Walks Balls Good Times Pitcher

Author:Yogi Berra

“I really didn't say everything I said. [...] Then again, I might have said 'em, but you never know.”

Knows Said Might Ems

Book:The Yogi Book

Source: The Yogi Book

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