Doris Lessing Quotes
This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything.
Doris Lessing
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Cal Ripken, Jr.
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Sam Shepard
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
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Shifting problems is the first rule for a long and pleasant life.
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Rita Mae Brown
I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left.
Vivienne Westwood
This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything.
Doris Lessing