Doris Lessing Quotes
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A lot of people don't get second chances.
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The demand that school finances be transferred away from local school districts to the state and/or federal government has been a long-time favorite of the educationist lobbies.
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I don't feel closeted.
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My Smiths, my Carters, the Cashes - everybody embraced me and held my arms up when I couldn't do it myself.
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The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.
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I remember being very influenced by 'Taxi Driver', and also Tommy Lee Jones in 'Coal Miner's Daughter' a little bit.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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No officer should be allowed to behave as if they are above the law just because they are responsible for upholding the law. Permitting and protecting even the smallest acts of abuse by a tiny fraction of our officers leads to a culture where extreme acts of abuse are more likely, just like what happened to Laquan McDonald.
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I have heard firsthand from several small business owners about their struggle to borrow and their fear of taking on additional debt.
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I have my hands full with my kids and so romance is not high on my list of priorities.
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I would be lying if I said Starz doesn't have a reputation.
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I'm kinda a first take dude. The first time, cut that mic on, and the spirit is there, and what comes on the mic - I mean, even if I'm mumbling, I like to keep a lot of that initial thing that comes out. Cause that's the spirit.
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Whenever someone comes up to me saying, 'I saw you in 'Carlos' and then I saw the rest of your movies,' for me, it's an expression that we might be doing something well. So my life hasn't changed that much. I just try not to go to very crowded places if I'm not in the mood.
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When I look at pictures when I was younger, I do the quintessential cringe.
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What feminism calls patriarchy is simply civilization, an abstract system designed by men but augmented and now co-owned by women.
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Everyone sits in the prison of his own ideas; he must burst it open, and that in his youth, and so try to test his ideas on reality.
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I think people like us because of the culture of trust we have in the site, the culture of goodwill -- and people manage to get stuff done.
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Tell this imprisoned soul that it will never be owned. Nothing will ever own you. But God.
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I learned from different guys I played with, too. The key was probably three people: The good Lord, the offensive linemen I played with and great fullbacks that could block very well.
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Harvey Weinstein bought our film, and he's an animal. He's got us out there campaigning and everything because honestly it's a silent black-and-white film.
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Some people fear that technology will become more engaging than live human interactions. That's silly; technology is already way more interesting than other people.
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I'm just a story teller.
