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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Self-discipline, although difficult, and not always easy while combating negative emotions, should be a defensive measure.
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It was not that I disliked people; some of them were interesting and kind. But even the nice ones were no more compelling or important to me than other creatures. Then, as now, to me humans are but one species among billions of other equally vivid and thrilling lives. I was never drawn to other children simply because they were human. Humans seemed to me a rather bullying species, and I was on the side of the underdog.
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For me to stay healthy in a relationship, the individuals have to nurture themselves.
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Synergy is the driver. There are two levels of synergy: there are operating synergies, which, you know, you'd have to be stupid not to try to take advantage of, and then there are strategic synergies. In other words, in what positions you would be more sustainable, more long term, and so on.
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I'm compulsive.
