Doris Lessing Quotes
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I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely.
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We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they're never allowed to perpetrate such an evil act as they did. And so all of us are dealing with that. We know that the President has the authority to go to war under the War Powers Act.
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People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
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Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
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Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
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Writing is agony. I hate it.
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I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.
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You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.
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Yoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren't getting along.
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'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their conflict with one another. What the heck is going on in contemporary fairy tales? Women are not dominating the world; they are not evil.
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I'm terrified of having a little girl. Girls are more evil than boys.
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I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white, and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time, but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent, and I'm not your mommy; I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.
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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
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Harvey Korman was like a private tutor to me. He was such a mentor.
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We will fight evil, but we will do it from above 15,000 feet.
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I'd hate to be a songwriter starting a career today.
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I hate to badmouth any book or writer, because I know how it feels to be on the other end of that.
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To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
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Someone who knows enough to become the owner of a tree, and gives thanks to you for the benefits it brings him, is in a better state, even if ignorant of its height in feet and the extent of its spread, than another who measures and counts all its branches but neither owns it nor knows its creator nor loves him.
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Don't let anyone try to tell you who you are. Define yourself.
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I dream of you to wake; would that I might Dream of you and not wake but slumber on.
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We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect on any of the people who actually met Him. He produced mainly three effects - Hatred - Terror - Adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild admiration.
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I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government.
