Doris Lessing Quotes
Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.
Quotes to Explore
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They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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I'm a proud family man.
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One of my favorite vacation memories was the Thai foot massage and Internet access salons in Bangkok, followed up by my testing cellphone coverage while wading in Provincetown Harbor on Cape Cod.
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The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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Words can hurt you. In the larger world, it frames how people think about you, and it can hurt you in lots of little, subtle ways.
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My three obsessions are mental illness, horror and religion.
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There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
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I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved Ava Gardner.
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I love traditions. I mean, cultural ones.
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Terror works like a musical composition, so many instruments, all in tune, playing perfectly together to create their desired effect. Sorrow and horror and fear.
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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.
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Happy trails to you, until we meet again.
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I love all sports! I'm always impressed by athletes. I also love watching the Olympic Games. In high school, I played co-ed soccer and basketball. I really enjoyed both of those sports, but I have to admit basketball wasn't my calling.
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London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, with a melting pot of cultures and diversity.
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I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs.... Perhaps I am an exception.
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I write of love and death. What other subjects are there?
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I've gotten a lot of compliments on the 'Criminal Minds' guy. I guess it's because the look of that character is so different from what people expect of me.
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I got nominated for a Tony in my Broadway debut, which was fascinating and thrilling and sort of unbelievable all at the same time.
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Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing.
