Doris Lessing Quotes
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was.
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I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.
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I would say that 'Shake It Up' was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing.
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If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.
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I was always a little adult. Even as a little kid, I just couldn't understand why I was surrounded by all these kids. I took things very seriously.
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God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
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For me, I can't see Liverpool without him because he's just been there since I was a kid. I had him on the back of my shirt. He's always been on the team every time I've watched Liverpool. It's going to be really weird next season, a Steven Gerrard-less Liverpool side.
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My mom didn't want us to go to the candy house, she didn't want us to go to the ice cream truck, she didn't want us to go to the... There was actually a donut truck, if that makes sense.
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People who understand context would be steamed to have someone else dictating how they can call it.
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The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him.
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I came from an environment where I needed to succeed. There was no wealth or anything like that in the family. Not that we were paupers, but we had to fend for ourselves. Kids today are not as hungry as I was. They don’t understand how tough my generation was.
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Road, n. A strip of land along which one may pass from where it is too tiresome to be to where it is futile to go.
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You die alone in your house, and your cat will eat you.
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I never go straight to the point if I can go the most difficult way. Why be simple when you can be complicated?
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Where I grew up, most people were policemen. So naturally, I also wanted to be a policeman.
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To unwind, I like to have a relaxing bath.
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I've always had a feeling that any time you can experiment, you ought to do it. Because you never know what will happen.
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Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.
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Time, motion and wine cause sleep.
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Manipulating people is what's so fun about poker. I love that you can just look into someone's eyes and lie - and it's perfectly acceptable.
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You can't be disappointed unless you try something to be disappointed over.
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I'll be pleased when I'm dead. That will let me off worrying about all these wars.
