Doris Lessing Quotes
The Golden Notebook for some reason surprised people but it was no more than you would hear women say in their kitchens every day in any country. … I was really astounded that some people were shocked.
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This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
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Math has a lot of negative stereotypes, but it can actually be fun and incredibly empowering.
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This was the first time a woman in Dallas had won public office of any kind - even women questioned whether or not I was qualified, whether or not I could take it.
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I didn't want to write a 'this is how it is' Iraq book, because the Iraq War is an intensely complicated variety of things.
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Each one chooses his or her path to come in contact with the external world. I chose to merge with the environment.
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The Golden Notebook for some reason surprised people but it was no more than you would hear women say in their kitchens every day in any country. … I was really astounded that some people were shocked.
