Doris Lessing Quotes
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I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
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I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine.
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There were definitely curveballs in my growing up, from a family aspect. My parents got divorced when I was in second grade. I moved around a lot. Actually, I went to about four different schools when I was in fourth grade.
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The Ewoks were definitely a challenge of writing 'The Jedi Doth Return.' After having done so many things with characters who don't speak English, how was I going to make them stand out? Jedi is also rich with emotional material, particularly Darth Vader's transformation from the dark side back to the good.
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Everyone in Hollywood thinks like a Republican fiscally by leaving town to shoot everything; they just don't vote that way.
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If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.
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For 20 years I've gotten to laugh my way through my work. For me, that's a dream job.
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When I was thirteen years old, I didn't exactly discover epic fantasy on my own. I acquired it as a social defence mechanism.
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Retire? I will never retire.
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So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and nothing held in reserve.
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Little things are big.
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I decide that the East has definitely spoiled me for women.
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I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.
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The wandering one, the inquisitive dreamer of dreams,The eternal asker of answers, stands in the street,And lifts his palms for the first cold ghost of rain.
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Every child instinctively heads toward dirt and filth unless you pull it back.
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We had to give each other permission to be different as parents. That's why there's a mom and a dad with two different approaches, because you do need both.
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It's not natural disasters that are to blame for the deprivation of the North Korean people, but the failed policies of Kim Jong Il.
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'Master Blaster,' by Stevie Wonder, is up-tempo and fun, like Stevie himself. Stevie's always making jokes; he really knows how to put people at ease. He's one of my inspirations, as a musician and a person.
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Rock music pays off. Rock music takes me on a joyride. Rock music keeps me off the hell city bus. Rock music will always look out for me. But I will not let my torture profanity demon shoot it down.
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I don't have the inclinations that other people seem to have as far as the business is concerned.
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When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.
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What matters most is that we learn from living.
