Doris Lessing Quotes

What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imagination you instantly have to say, 'Oh, what this really is is so-and-so,' reducing it to a simple formula.

Doris Lessing

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkSimpleImaginationMeStrong

I'm one of five sisters. I'm the younger of twins, and we're the youngest of five girls, and we've always been very close. We were pretty much a gang. I take after my mother a lot in terms of personality and character. She was very positive; always looked on the bright side of things. She had a tough time of it with my dad but did her best.

Jerry Hall

PositiveMotherCharacterTimeBest

It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.

Maureen Dowd

FearMeWriteAdrenalineMakeTakes

I am very happy acting, and just have never gone at, or been bitten by the directing bug to the extent where I'm willing to put acting aside. If offered the opportunity, I think I could do a good job with the right material.

Stephen Lang

GoodOpportunityJobI AmHappy

When we look at what has the strongest statistical relationship to overall evaluation of your life, the first one is your career well-being, or the mission, purpose and meaning of what you're doing when you wake up each day.

Tom Rath

LifeRelationshipDayPurposeDoing

In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.

Mohamed ElBaradei

GovernmentPeopleViewStability

Yorkshire weather can turn quickly. At one Auld Lang Syne race, it dropped to -16C. The frost turned everybody's hair grey. I couldn't take my shoes off, as my laces had frozen solid.

Jonathan Brownlee

ShoesWeatherHairGreyRaceTurn

Ali was a legend of our sport. For me as a kid, he inspired me to represent myself like a champion in and out of the ring.

Anthony Joshua

MyselfMeChampionLegendRingKid

I work out once a day - it's built into my ethos.

Payal Kadakia

WorkDayOutWork OutBuiltOnce

My nightmare of nightmares is being overdressed for a casual event - I've done it! You have to have a real sense of what you want to communicate.

Nina Garcia

YouDoneWantRealCasualSense

TwitchCon is something that I look forward to all year because it gives me an opportunity to see what's in the pipeline and meet up with some of the best the industry has to offer, like DrLupo.

Ninja

OpportunityBestMeForwardYearUp

The real question is, at the end of the day, do we want to run our country? Are we proud of who we are? Are we happy to be just a star on somebody else's flag, or do we want to be an independent nation?

Nigel Farage

DayHappyProudEnd Of The DayEnd

No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.

Martha Beck

LifeAloneDeathRisksFaceMeet

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