Doris Lessing Quotes
The two women were alone in the London flat. 'The point is,' said Anna, as her friend came back from the telephone on the landing, 'the point is, that as far as I can see, everything's cracking up.'
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines.
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Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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It really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music videos. I don't think of the movie as being a great leap out of my current profession.
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I look good. I feel good and not to sound conceited I sound great.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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Like any small business owner, I experienced the pressures of building a company from the ground up - developing a business plan, balancing the books, meeting payroll and building a customer base.
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I'm not spending every second thinking about the World Cup, but it's always in my mind when I make choices and decisions.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
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Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
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But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.
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You have enough people against you... be for yourself.
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The human condition ... is defined by the aspiration to always supersede oneself, which in turn requires nonconformity.
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In order for a man to feel whole, he needs someone to look up to and someone to look up to him.
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The two women were alone in the London flat. 'The point is,' said Anna, as her friend came back from the telephone on the landing, 'the point is, that as far as I can see, everything's cracking up.'
