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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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
S. Jay Olshansky
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
Warren Bennis
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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
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I don't really believe in the auteur theory.
Park Chan-wook
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
Taylor Caldwell
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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
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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
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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
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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
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I believe in the stability of my country. I believe in unity.
Najib Mikati
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I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.
Lance Loud
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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 loved my soap days. I really loved them. A Martinez and Marcy Walker taught me how to act, basically. All those people pulled together and helped get me started. Like, showed me how to hit my mark, made me do this, made me do that. That was my first long-running professional gig. And it was like, they were just - great, great with me.
Ally Walker
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Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then people of color are the majority in this world. We should be the 'first world.'
H. Rap Brown
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You said Remember that life is Not meant to be wasted We can always be chasing the sun So fill up your lungs and just-run! We can always be chasing the sun
Sara Bareilles
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I focused on my career. I grew up super Christian, both my parents are ministers, so I did a purity ceremony when I was a teenager.
Jessica Williams
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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
