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Doris Lessing Quotes

You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Women You Say Escape First Years

My mom's a screenwriter, and before that, she was an actress, and my father was an actor; my stepfather was a director, so I was on sets a lot as a kid. I loved the magic of the set. You walk in, and it's a living room, and you walk outside, and it's just a piece of wood held up by another piece of wood.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Father Walk Mom Loved Magic You

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

Better Understand Little Than Lot

Primes seem to me to be these unarbitrary, unique, fated things. It cannot be coincidence that the mythical numbers of storytelling like 3, 7, and 13 are random. The lower-end primes have incredible resonance in fiction and art.

Art Me Random Unique Numbers Seem

Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair.

Hair Look Anything Function How

I think there's that widespread sentiment that game developers need to be quiet unless they're talking on-message. I think that's changing a little bit; Twitter has helped, with developers sharing personal opinions on things.

Game Think Talking Opinions Quiet

I'm just worried about what I'm doing. Case has played well, and Case is doing a great job. But at the same time, I'm not going to concern myself with him.

Great Time Myself Job Doing Him

I have come to the conclusion that a goodly number of the fables that pass under the name of the Samian slave, Aesop, were derived from India, probably from the same source whence the same tales were utilised in the Jatakas, or Birth-stories of Buddha.

Name India Same Slave Source Pass

I tried Botox once. Never again. It made my forehead freeze.

Never Forehead Freeze Botox Again

Music has been a huge passion of mine ever since I started playing the piano at age 3. Going to concerts, performing on my own, and listening to my favorite artists growing up confirmed that love for music and made me want to pursue it as a career.

Love Music Passion Age Growing Up

I was a fan of Lance Armstrong, and I remember watching him win the Worlds in '93 in Oslo.

Bradley Wiggins

Win Remember Watching Him Fan Oslo

Every mother and daughter should make time for a trip together. It's good for the soul.

Good Mother Daughter Time Together

What's nice about having an engineering degree is everybody thinks you are smart.

Smart Engineering You Nice Degree

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