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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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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We're all colored, or you wouldn't be able to see anyone.
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As an Elizabeth native, I believe it is my duty to give back to my community. Our youth is our future, and it truly takes a village to raise a child.
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There is no music in a “rest” that I know of, but there's the making of music in it. And people are always missing that part of the life melody.
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Patriotism. I'm uncomfortable with any word that starts with a pat, ends in an ism and has a riot in the middle.
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Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
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Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters - but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children.
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I'm compulsive.
