Doris Lessing Quotes

When I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires. You know, when people talk about the British Empire, they always forget that all the European countries had empires.

Doris Lessing

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GirlPeopleEndYouKnowForget

It is well for the heart to be naive and the mind not to be.

Anatole France

HeartMindNaiveWell

Beast Mode doesn't make excuses. It doesn't complain. Whatever you're doing, go out there and get it done. Keep pushing. If I have a bad game, I think about what I have to do to return to form. Figure it out, go to sleep, and wake up a new man.

Matt Kemp

ManSleepWake UpGameThinkDoing

After Gmail, if you have AOL, people are like, 'Are you still with this?' What does it matter what e-mail you have?

Amy Heckerling

PeopleYouMatterStillLikeAfter

I see music as one language. If one musical form eats its own tail, it dies. So it needs to be a mongrel, it needs to be hybridised.

Sting

MusicLanguageSeeI SeeOwnTail

Corporate America cannot afford to remain silent or passive about the downward spiral we are undergoing. It cannot turn a blind eye to how difficult the experience of life is for so many of their customers.

Simon Mainwaring

LifeExperienceEyeBlindAmerica

For a combination of reasons, and despite evident fondness for American products and individuals, my impression is that most Pakistanis have extremely negative views of the U.S. as a geopolitical player.

Mohsin Hamid

NegativeAmericanImpressionProducts

I wanted to be a painter when I was a kid. And then, I had to make a living. I had a child when I was in high school, so I kind of had that work phase in my life.

Colleen Atwood

LifeWorkSchoolChildHigh School

I had no inclination to perform as a kid. I was a shy child - I always had my nose in a library book. I didn't start acting until I went to college. Once I started, it seemed to fit like a glove. I felt completely at home on stage. It was the perfect way for me to express myself, even better than writing.

Colman Domingo

HomeMyselfChildCollegeMeStart

My days are whatever I want them to be.

Anthony Kiedis

WantWhateverDaysThem

Blue oblivion, largely lit, smiled and smiled at me.

William Rose Benet

BlueMeLitOblivionSmiledLargely

What Paris has done right is to make it awful to get around by car and awfully easy to get around by public transportation or by bike.

Serge Schmemann

CarBikeTransportationEasyDone

If you don't live a normal life, how do you relate to people?

Scott Speedman

LifeLivePeopleYouNormalRelate

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