Doris Lessing Quotes
What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness.
Quotes to Explore
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My best advice to anybody who has a child with a disability is to really find the tools for that person to thrive and find what their true passions are, because the rest will follow.
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Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.
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I allow my intuition to lead my path.
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I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
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I definitely understand what it's like not having family around when you want them there, but you don't live in the same city.
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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
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Arab civilizations had been of an abstract nature, moral and intellectual rather than applied; and their lack of public spirit made their excellent private qualities futile. They were fortunate in their epoch: Europe had fallen barbarous; and the memory of Greek and Latin learning was fading from men's minds.
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The thing you notice here after America is how refreshingly ordinary people look because they haven't had their chin wrapped around the back of their ears.
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There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
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The job of the president of the United States is to talk to the public, is to explain to them. Now, some presidents talk too much, like Bill Clinton. Some presidents try to talk but don't know how, like George Bush senior.
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
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And I don't believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable - they should be taken absolutely seriously.
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I wanted to be less well-known in comedy.
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You can't believe everything you read. I am only six foot three, by the way.
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There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak.
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A woman always remembers. Remember that.
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People weren't willing to bet on 'The Commercial Guy' when they were casting movies and television in the beginning, but I stuck around, and now it's slowly starting to pay off.
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What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life that they hadn't planned for themselves. And they wake up one day and say, 'Hang on. Who am I? Is this really me? Is this what I really wanted?' And also, 'Can I change it? Have I got the courage to change it?'
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Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.
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I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
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This morning I got up early and I was glazing the paintings and they just looked so beautiful. I had a private moment of "yeah, I'm behind this." Which is all that matters as an artist, to believe in what you're doing. It sounds like an obvious thing but it takes a lot of work.
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I don't want to fly the flag for being unhealthy and overweight, but I don't want to fly the flag for being too thin, either.
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What the feminists want of me is something they haven't examined because it comes from religion. They want me to bear witness.
