Doris Lessing Quotes

I see every book as a problem that you have to solve. That is what dictates the form you use. It's not that you say, 'I want to write a science fiction book.' You start from the other end, and what you have to say dictates the form of it.

Doris Lessing

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

Jimmy Carter

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I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan.

Shinzo Abe

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You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say?

Toni Morrison

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'S21' was a film about corporeal memory and how the same gestures repeated many times years earlier can be reawakened.

Rithy Panh

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What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of his life. His death consecrates the gift: it can never lessen its value.

Millicent Fawcett

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That diamond cutter sign became my moniker.

Diamond Dallas Page

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A virtuous character is likened to an unblemished flower. Piety is a fadeless bud that half opens on earth and expands through eternity. Sweetness of temper is the odor of fresh blooms, and the amaranth flowers of pure affection open but to bloom forever.

Dorothea Dix

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I like acting. I really like acting. The career, it can keep you interested. With 'Entourage,' the characters are living a lifestyle that is kind of troubling. But the challenge is to make Shauna a person.

Debi Mazar

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It's impossible to translate Wall Street greed into one or two demands.

Cornel West

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The Brian Ortega Foundation will cater to all people who have all kinds of problems.

Brian Ortega

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I want titles: it's what I want and what I lack. I give everything for it.

Antoine Griezmann

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When you first meet someone, it's always about one-upmanship. The couple tries to impress each other.

Ali Fazal

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