Doris Lessing Quotes
I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.Doris Lessing
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
Malik Jackson -
One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
Nate Berkus -
I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
Barry Hannah -
I don't care about revenues.
Jack Ma -
I never had teenage years. I guess because I was seen to be more adult than anybody around me.
Patrick Stewart -
I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
Jack Antonoff Fun.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
S. Jay Olshansky -
Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
Feist -
I don't really believe in the auteur theory.
Park Chan-wook -
Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
Taylor Caldwell -
When I was asked to leave, I left... Then they made me come back. I did, and I decided to enjoy it. It was one year. I care about everyone at 'Criminal Minds' but I knew, in my heart, I had left.
Paget Brewster -
Unfortunately we - and I'm speaking not for Latin America but for Mexico because that's where I come from - we still, I think, are a little bit macho. Not that we only live in a macho world, but we also think as a macho world; even the women, you know? The women in Mexico, because that's the way we were raised.
Kate del Castillo
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Novels taught me that history is dramatic. I wanted my students to know that, too.
Laura Amy Schlitz -
Over the years, from serving in the CIA to sitting on non-profit boards, I have observed first-hand what the addition of even one woman to a meeting or to a decision-making body can do. Put simply, in very many instances, group dynamics improve markedly.
Valerie Plame -
Working on 'Austin and Ally' has been an absolute dream! We literally have fun every single day! Whether it's scaring each other or singing together or just hanging out in each other's dressing rooms, the cast and I are super close! I feel really lucky to be with everyone on our set!
Laura Marano -
I believe in the stability of my country. I believe in unity.
Najib Mikati -
I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.
Lance Loud -
Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just want to say that I love him so much.
Paris Jackson
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I'm into heavy duty, psychedelic, foreign music. That's what I like listening to.
Action Bronson -
Out of my general world-pattern-trend studies there now comes strong evidence that nothing is going to be quite so surprising and abrupt in the future history of man as the forward evolution in the educational process.
R. Buckminster Fuller -
No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not.
John Milius -
In my opinion, villains are so much more interesting than heroes. So 'Suicide Squad' is just like, wow, so damn awesome.
Harley Quinn Smith -
I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.
Lisa Leslie -
I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.
Doris Lessing