Doris Lessing Quotes
Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who'd be kind to me. That's what people really want, if they're telling the truth.
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I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.
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I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.
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I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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I think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes, I don't know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with.
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There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.
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Applause is interesting, but I'm a monster with or without it. Something is either well written or it isn't. 'White Rabbit' is not well written, and no amount of applause or royalties can convince me it is. I could have done a better job with those lyrics. They didn't say what I wanted.
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I'm sure every time I bring something out that isn't New Order, people say it sounds like New Order.
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In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.
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Do you know what people really want? Everyone, I mean. Everybody in the world is thinking: I wish there was just one other person I could really talk to, who could really understand me, who'd be kind to me. That's what people really want, if they're telling the truth.
