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.
Quotes to Explore
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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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.
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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.
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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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.
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I don't care about revenues.
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I never had teenage years. I guess because I was seen to be more adult than anybody around me.
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My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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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.
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I don't really believe in the auteur theory.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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I definitely have the screenwriting itch.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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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.
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Usually, I'll drop twenty to forty per cent of the dialogue - you can do so much with gesture. I'm still waiting to do a silent film.
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God requires to be represented by a fiery Church... two things are intolerable to Him-insincerity and lukewarmness.
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How many shots does it take before the concept ay choice becomes obsolete?
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In theater, you're allowed to take your time and sit in a role for a month before you have to share it with anybody. In film and TV, you have to just kind of show up and be ready to do that, which, to me, is very strange and crazy.
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How is it having more control if we have a recession as the Bank of England and IFS say?
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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.
