Doris Lessing Quotes
Parents should leave books lying around marked 'forbidden' if they want their children to read.
Quotes to Explore
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Of course I get angry, but I want to use my brain a little bit and not just smash things.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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The Afro-American is not a bestial race.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.
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I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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Putting a tax on carbon could be an effective approach for curbing global warming pollution.
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When you write songs for your best friends and maybe two other people to hear, and then realize that a million other people are going to hear them, it can be a bit worrying. You get concerned about what you might reveal.
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I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
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I think there are definitely some people that would say I'm crazy.
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Can the U.S. support two Formula 1 races? I think so.
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I think my love of music comes from my dad. I was born with an ear for music, like him, and started with the piano when I was 4 but fell in love with the drums. My dad always has music playing.
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I haven't always been confident enough to rock different styles because I used to be really shy.
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But of the heaven which is above the heavens, what earthly poet ever did or ever will sing worthily?
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Parents should leave books lying around marked 'forbidden' if they want their children to read.
