Doris Lessing Quotes
My major aim was to shape a book which would make its own comment, a wordless statement: to talk through the way it was shaped. As I have said, this was not noticedDoris Lessing
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
Samuel Johnson -
You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
Barbara Bush -
The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
Oliver North -
I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
Jack Nicholson -
Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
Wayne Rooney -
I think that when you don't look at the good things around you, that you lose sight of all those good things. And you're not going to enjoy your life.
Victoria Osteen
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
Gary Lineker -
If you look at all the vampires in the past, they were sort of decrepit old men. Stephanie Meyers just made it for a new audience. All the vampires are now young men and she describes them as not being ugly.
Daniel Cudmore -
Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
Mangosuthu Buthelezi -
Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
Karl Amadeus Hartmann -
I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
Young Thug
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The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'
Rachel Nichols -
I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.
Yitzhak Shamir -
If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
Vikram Seth -
The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.
Adam Grant -
There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
Raney Aronson-Rath -
When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
Irwin Winkler
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Armed people are free. No state can control those who have the machinery and the will to resist, no mob can take their liberty and property. And no 220 pound thug can threaten the well-being or dignity of a 110 pound woman who has two pounds of iron to even things out. Is that evil? Is that wrong?
L. Neil Smith -
The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.
Pythagoras -
If you're interested in a book that will steadily grow and sell for a very long time, I promise you I will give you that.
Simon Sinek -
People like Ellie Simmonds, David Weir, and Hannah Cockroft have become superstars alongside the likes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis. I think it has changed attitudes to disability.
Lynn Davies -
You can ravish your woman so deeply that her surrender breaks your heart into light.
David Deida -
My major aim was to shape a book which would make its own comment, a wordless statement: to talk through the way it was shaped. As I have said, this was not noticed
Doris Lessing