Doris Lessing Quotes

Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative - despite what current ideology says.

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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The smart phone isn't a perfect device, as we all know. It forces the world into a tiny screen. It runs out of battery, bandwidth, and power. It distracts us from the world around us.

John Battelle

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Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries.

John Lothrop Motley

LifeWillUsGiveLuxuriesDispense

It's wonderful to play a villain who gets a laugh or to stop a comedy dead in its tracks with a touching moment. It's kind of like a symphony that has very different movements.

John Lithgow

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I was proud of 'House, MD,' and I think it was good for what it was and remarkably smart for a television show. I loved Hugh Laurie and was proud to be by his side that long and to be trusted by him.

Robert Sean Leonard

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The repetition of the theatre means you've got the time to get deeply inside the person you're playing.

Sophie Okonedo

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The battle goes on for me; as a gay man, I shall not be happy until I see equality across the board.

Rob Halford

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With '5 Boroughs,' we were each working on beats, sitting in front of our laptops and samplers.

Mike D

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The diets and lifestyles in many other countries are much healthier than in the United States.

Dean Ornish

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I photographed all kinds of sports - Formula 1, Formula Atlantic. And anybody who knows me knows that, from the day they invented video cameras, I used to lug them around when you had to carry the pack here and the big camera here, plus the diaper bag and a baby and the purse or whatever.

Christie Brinkley

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I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men; they are far superior and always have been.

William Golding

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I connect with very few close friends in real life.

Pratyusha Banerjee

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The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, you're going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52, so that is a recurring topic. I still think it's the main stuff.

Peter Hammill

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