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 -
When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
Sam Trammell -
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
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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 -
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
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Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
Young Thug -
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
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
Irwin Winkler -
He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it - namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to obtain.
Mark Twain -
Why would you want to be be counseled in your grief? It's too private.
Sam Shepard -
The fact of the matter is that the United States faces real threats from criminals, terrorists, spies, and malicious cyber actors.
James Comey -
He worked for the day when all people would be clothed in dignity.
Don King -
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