Doris Lessing Quotes
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A happy wife is a happy life.
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In the child, consciousness rises out of the depths of unconscious psychic life, at first like separate islands, which gradually unite to form a 'continent,' a continuous landmass of consciousness. Progressive mental development means, in effect, extension of consciousness.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
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Laquan McDonald is a wake-up call to all of us. It's a reminder there's a lot broken.
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Friends are really important, especially when you've had the successes that I've had. I've gone really far in my career, so they're the ones that keep you humble, keep your feet on the ground.
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While I was writing 'Stick Out Your Tongue' in Beijing, the police began knocking on my door again. As soon as I finished the book, I moved to Hong Kong so that I could work undisturbed on my next novel.
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I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
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I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.
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I have a job to do on policy. And I think that's what people want their governor to do. Not politics, policy.
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I used to find great difficulty in drawing feet.
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People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.
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You see, every day, that the people who are seemingly so confident and seemingly so in love with themselves are the ones who are the most insecure and hurting the most inside.
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CompUSA was a bad decision. We stayed too much with CompUSA, and we stayed too short with Apple.
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There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.
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I didn't get any crazy sponsors. I don't have any extra sponsors since I got the belt.
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I am much more productive late at night because I have no one to look to for entertainment aside from myself.
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I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that's scary (horror films seem to always take place at night and the weather's always bad) then I might be interested.
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Ernie Hudson was new to the comedy world, and being the fourth Ghostbuster, he would have ideas, and he would talk to Ivan Reitman, and Ivan would kind of put him off. I could see how disappointed he was.
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Long words, fat talk they may tell us something about ourselves. Has the passion for fat in the language increased as self-confidence has waned?
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I'm compulsive.
