Doris Lessing Quotes
Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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Our universities also have a lot of foreign students. Are we going to ban them access because in their culture there's a certain type of clothing?
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I've never been good at meditation, but surfing is the closest I've ever come to that inner something.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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I grew up in a village of 12 houses. We had a well and a cow.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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Both my parents are immigrants. I've seen different struggles they've had. There's a reason you don't see me using accents. I don't do impressions of my folks. When I'm doing a crappy impression of my folks, and you're laughing, I'm thinking, 'When my parents talk to people, when they walk away do people do impressions of them? Do they laugh?'
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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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For some reason, I just lack that ability to be embarrassed about going up to people. I even do it for friends if they want to ask someone out.
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Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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I'm known as a kind of dramatic, serious, almost humorless actor and the fact is, I'm a funny guy, and I spend most of my life trying to find a lighter side of things, and on stage was given plenty of opportunity to do that.
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I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.
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I'm a Cali girl through and through.
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I want very much to see some sort of compromise reached in the area of immigration... so that we could move on to other issues.
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A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.
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So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the co-operation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.
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Especially students. I love to turn them on to a story. Some of them have to go see me as an assignment, like kids from the schools in New York will go to the Y. I want them to know why I love this and why they should too.
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Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in the fantasies of people who have never met them.
