Doris Lessing Quotes
In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.Doris Lessing
Quotes to Explore
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Western Christians have imagined that, at the end of the day, God is going to throw the present space-time universe into a trashcan and we'll be sitting on clouds playing harps. The ultimate future that we're promised is much more interesting than that. It's new heavens and a new Earth with new bodies to live in.
N. T. Wright -
You realise that having a number one record and being loved and adored isn't the most important thing in the world. But at the same time, I don't have a problem with it. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a reluctant pop star.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi -
Most of the people nowadays send their things by internet. But I cannot work that way. I like to do it myself.
Manolo Blahnik -
I love women more than anything.
Vin Diesel -
I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.
Caitriona Balfe
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A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it.
Maggie Gyllenhaal -
A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
Daniel Boone -
The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
Garrett Graff -
Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
Saint Augustine -
Fly-fishing is really addictive.
Laura Donnelly -
I was really, really star-struck when I met Prince.
Kate Moss
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Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
Katey Sagal -
People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
Baltasar Gracian -
My life is so full of sacrifices.
Zubin Mehta -
Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
Sam Raimi -
We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
Tahar Ben Jelloun
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As a player, I could have the ball in my hands; I could kind of dictate what happens. I'm still learning, a young coach with young players. Sometimes I'm going to see things. They're not going to see what I see. So it's being able to translate that and help them see what I'm seeing.
Jason Kidd -
Premature wealth or position cannot be retained because it has not been earned; we get only what we give, and those who try to get without giving always find that the law of compensation is relentlessly bringing about an exact equilibrium.
Charles F. Haanel -
These external regions, what do we fill them with Except reflections
Wallace Stevens -
There is almost no marital problem that can't be helped enormously by taking off your clothes.
Garrison Keillor -
I have no regrets because I did everything by the book.
Alexis Arguello -
In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.
Doris Lessing