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.
Katha Pollitt -
I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
Laura Trott -
It took me years to learn that sentences in fiction must do much more than stand around and look pretty.
Karen Thompson Walker -
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.
Gary Oldman -
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.
Taylor Hicks -
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.
Ian Doescher
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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.
Adam Carolla -
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.
Nancy Pelosi -
When I was thirteen years old, I didn't exactly discover epic fantasy on my own. I acquired it as a social defence mechanism.
Tansy Rayner Roberts -
Retire? I will never retire.
Eckhard Pfeiffer -
So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and nothing held in reserve.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
I decide that the East has definitely spoiled me for women.
Anthony Burgess
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I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.
Alexander Alekhine -
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.
Conrad Aiken -
Every child instinctively heads toward dirt and filth unless you pull it back.
Elfriede Jelinek -
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.
Bridgette Wilson -
There is a certain head, and that head you have not. Now this being so, there is a head which you have not; therefore, you are without a head.
Chrysippus -
Few of my classmates looked like me. While we shared similar aspirations and many good times, there's much to be said for making any challenging journey with people of the same cultural background.
Kimberly Bryant
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I got a very strong sense from my mother, in particular, that we are all equal in the sight of God.
Johann Lamont -
Take the time you need to learn the craft. Then sit down and write. When you hand over your completed manuscript to a trusted reader, keep an open mind. Edit, edit, and edit again. After you have written a great query letter, go to AgentQuery.com. This site is an invaluable resource that lists agents in your genre. Submit, accept rejection as part of the process, and submit again. And, of course, never give up.
Kathleen Grissom -
I feel good not just physically but as a person because I know I accomplished my goal, which everybody said I couldn't do in Venezuela.
Pablo Sandoval -
I want to work with producers who are unique and have a different sound.
Victoria Justice -
It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.
Jo Brand -
What matters most is that we learn from living.
Doris Lessing