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Doris Lessing Quotes

I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: October 22, 1919 - November 17, 2013

Topics

Mother War World Messed Up She Up

Difficult times require difficult decisions. But supporting this bill shouldn't be a difficult decision.

Decision Decisions Difficult Times

Nowadays, it's so silly to not express your feelings, as long as you respect peoples' spaces and respect their limits. You have to live your life in peace, and no one has anything to do with that.

Life Live Respect Peace Limits You

When I started writing about vampires, I swore that I wouldn't touch the 'Dracula' legend because it's been done too many times.

Writing Legend Done Touch Started

I worked a lot of non-acting jobs for a really long time. They ranged from auto mechanic to landscaper to manual labor to working in a factory that made airplane parts. I even tried to go to school as a paramedic and ended up being an orderly in a hospital.

Time School Airplane Mechanic Long

You know, when you're in public life, everything you do is out there. But I am proud to stand on my record.

Life I Am Proud Stand You Know

The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Recall Gifts Cannot Gods Themselves

I will go on doing what voters tell me to do, which is working with others, working out solutions, and getting results.

Me Doing Results Go Will Others

Most shows get dumped by the networks, do a couple of years in syndication, then they're in the vault. 'Mission: Impossible' has never been off the screen.

Impossible Mission Never Years Get

In Houston everyone owns guns and uses 'em - sometimes just for the hell of it.

Hell Sometimes Everyone Houston Guns

Language is too complex for a computer to understand. It's not going to be able to make sense of what people are saying en masse. We need a new type of discipline that puts together computer scientists and social scientists, who can add context to the situation.

Discipline Together People Saying

I have less than no interest in trying to replicate another brilliant actor's work, thank you very much.

Work Thank You Trying You Actor

We deify willpower and self-control - and mock its absence. People who achieve through remarkable willpower are 'strong' and 'heroic.' People who need help or structure are 'weak.' This is crazy - because few of us can accurately gauge or predict our willpower.

Marshall Goldsmith

People Crazy Strong Help Achieve

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