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 tend to be the type who is overly polite and sort of ingratiating to other people.
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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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One of the reasons I've gotten so attached to talking to scientists is that... they know there is a reality.
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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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If you look for problems, you will find problems; if you look for solutions, you will find solutions.
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As far as the banking industry is concerned - and I am sure it must be true for various industries as well - is that the only thing that is constant is change. Your business models are changing, the customer demands are changing and the regulations are changing constantly.
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Conventional politicians almost never think their philosophy through and set it down for everyone to examine. In most cases, they don't dare. Republicans would soon discover that they're actually socialists. Democrats would discover that they're actually fascists.
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I don't think I like characters who are afraid and ashamed of who they are.
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What matters most is that we learn from living.
