Doris Lessing Quotes
There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.
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Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.
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Is it possible that there are no coincidences?
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Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
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I don't do negative things.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.
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Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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I wear Rick Owens T-shirts to bed. They are like my thermals, since I sleep with the room at near freezing temperatures, like a meat locker.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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If a man is terrified, it's up to me to dispel that terror.
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The more conscious of God's presence the more I feel like being myself, the less conscious of His presence, the more I feel I need to prove myself.
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I do think 'Gogglebox' is extraordinarily insightful, and I think if politicians want to understand how we are viewed at home, it's quite recommended viewing.
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And, as for what is called improving conversation, that is merely the foolish method by which the still more foolish philanthropist feebly tries to disarm the just rancour of the criminal classes.
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I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up an instrument and entertain people.
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I'm a real bore.
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There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.
