Doris Lessing Quotes
There is nothing more boring for an intelligent woman than to spend endless amounts of time with small children.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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I am a Buddhist.
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I was so proud when I was commissioned into the Army.
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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My dad's a Jew, and my mom's a WASP, so that should pretty much say it all. It was a comically dysfunctional family.
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When the government takes video of people in public places, the images should only be kept as long as they may reasonably be needed to investigate a crime. After a few days, if there has not been a report of a crime, they should be destroyed.
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To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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I will only think of settling down after Salman Khan, the other most eligible bachelor, plans to settle down. We are eligible bachelors, but he's the rock star, so let him get married first; then I'll think about myself.
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There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher.
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I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I need to do to stay here. I really don't understand women who are in denial, who don't want to go for a mammogram. I think it's stupidity. Sorry. I have no patience for that.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.
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They were all interested in what I was going to do, because I'd never worked in televsion before.
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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If you talk to any pitcher, consistency is the most important thing.
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I remember when I was first time in Serie A, we were down the bottom, no one was speaking about Cagliari. And we were safe, one day before the final match. With Parma, we went down, but we were positive right to the end. There are the little details, but you have to continue.
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I want to spend 100 percent of my time focused on what I think I can make the biggest difference on as the governor of California.
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There's almost too much venture capital in India - there are issues with seed capital, but for venture capital, there's a lot money chasing deals here.
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I have a toy giraffe on my bed. I've got photographs over my desk as well as a mask of a giraffe in my kitchen. I am totally hooked.
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There is nothing more boring for an intelligent woman than to spend endless amounts of time with small children.
