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Doris Lessing Quotes

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Truth Picture Person Destroy Some

I did 20 years in the Navy. I joined the Navy right out of high school and went through Navy boot camp, went to SEAL training, got done with that, and then showed up at a SEAL team, where I did 20 years. That was pretty much my whole adult life.

Life Training School Team Done Navy

In my family and in my community, I see people struggling with drug addiction, with poverty and the effects of generational poverty; I see people struggling with lack of access to healthcare.

Family Community People Healthcare

Books are a real solace, friendships are good but action is better than all.

Good Action Better Real Solace Than

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Inspirational Love Great Wings Deeds

As a people, Serbians are very tall, and we have olive skin and dark hair, which can look very nice. You have to be very beautiful to stand out.

Beautiful People Hair Stand Look

NC-17 means that you get it in like 3 theaters. They won't run the spots on MTV, won't run the advertising. It's the kiss of death so there was really no other choice.

Death Kiss Advertising You Choice

DJs and people in the street know what they like.

People Know Street Like DJs

I want to be a good person. I don't want to fail. I want to learn from my mistakes, rid myself of distractions, and run into the arms of Jesus. Most of the time, however, I feel like I am running away from Jesus into the arms of my own clutteredness.

Good Time Myself Mistakes I Am Feel

There are moments when I think I'm not very smart and not very pretty, and skating is the only thing that stands out about me. It's like the love of my life. When you love someone, sometimes you want to break up.

Life Love Smart Me Think My Life

My entry into the field of hydrogen came as a great surprise. President Bush of the United States was interested in hydrogen for energy applications, and I was asked to chair a committee on hydrogen for the Department of Energy.

Mildred Dresselhaus

Great Energy Surprise Chair United

I used to say Page Joseph Falkinburg - which is my given name - when Page Joseph Falkinburg stopped trying to be this over-the-top professional wrestler, Diamond Dallas Page, and Diamond Dallas Page became Page Joseph Falkinburg, that's when my career took off.

Diamond Dallas Page

Name Trying Career Professional Page

I've shown people what I can do and want to establish myself as a Premier League player.

Myself People I Can Want Player

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