Doris Lessing Quotes
When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I'd do unbelievable amounts of work.
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I am telling you, if you ever wanted an ego boost, leave your job and then, six months later, come back for a day. People will treat you like you're a princess.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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The great sadness of my life is that I never achieved the hour newscast, which would not have been twice as good as the half-hour newscast, but many times as good.
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
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I kind of stumbled into comics in a roundabout way. One of the first films my father introduced me to was the 1989 'Batman,' the Tim Burton one.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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Sometimes I see through things when people are talking. I'm really sensitive to other people, so I can tell if somebody's putting on a front.
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I'm always glad when people come together to help each other - whether they're raising money for somebody in a bad situation or making a creative piece like a song.
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My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding.
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I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own.
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Conservatives shouldn't count on the Supreme Court to do our work for us on Obamacare. The Court may rule as it should, and strike down the mandate. But it may not. And even if it does, the future of health care in America - and for that matter, the future of limited government - depends ultimately on the verdict of the American people.
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Como se reparten el sol en el naranjo las naranjas? How do the oranges divide up sunlight in the orange tree?
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The most important thing to me is that it's all really raw.
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Neither the current state nor the future prospects of this evolving order can be understood without an appreciation of its history.
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A player cannot become a world champion overnight. To become a champion, a player has to sacrifice a lot and to devote much of his time practising and training.
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When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I'd do unbelievable amounts of work.
