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.


Rita Mae Brown

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When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete a...
RITA RUDNER
Elvis was really sweet and kind of bashful, but he didn't have a whole lot to say.
RITA MORENO
I was born in Puerto Rico - I used to sit in the sun until I looked like a piece of bacon. It's ...
RITA MORENO
Men are self-confident because they grow up identifying with super-heroes. Women have bad self-image...
RITA RUDNER
Barbie ruined my life! It's a really bad image for women. For a long time I thought I was deform...
RITA RUDNER
I used to do ballet all the time, and I do this ballet workout: it is an amazing thing called Barrec...
RITA ORA
One time I tried to use the bathroom in the dark, and I missed the toilet, and I fell on the floor.
RITA ORA
I'm a massive fragrance fan - I think fragrance is part of someone's hygiene, and I'm a ...
RITA ORA
Women over 30 are usually somebody's mother in a 'Porky's' movie, being silly and be...
RITA MORENO
I think I've always been fine on stage - though I get nervous beforehand. But once I'm on st...
RITA ORA
For me, a fragrance is another way of leaving an impression on somebody.
RITA ORA
If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.
RITA MORENO
I like having my picture taken and being a glamorous person. Sometimes when I find myself getting im...
RITA HAYWORTH
Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.
RITA DOVE
Before every show, I have to put perfume on. I know the crowd's not necessarily going to smell m...
RITA ORA
Increasingly, stars are recruited from the ranks of professional models, with the result that today&...
RITA HAYWORTH
'Revolutionary Road' with Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet absolutely destroys me. They we...
RITA MORENO
It makes me furious to hear haters of all skin colors - especially Christian, Jewish, and Muslim fun...
RITA DOVE
I am able to get up and dust myself off and keep moving forward. I'm very stubborn.
RITA MORENO
The month of September is Women in Jazz, so I'm doing jazz there in September. I'm in for th...
RITA COOLIDGE
I'm a huge Bruce Springsteen and Duran Duran fan.
RITA ORA
My husband and I are either going to buy a dog or have a child. We can't decide whether to ruin our ...
RITA RUDNER