Doris Lessing Quotes

I got married and I had children because of the Second World War, as all of us did, exclaiming, 'Oh, no, we are never going to bring a child into this wicked world,' but we had children by the dozen and got married.

Doris Lessing

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildrenWarChildWorldNeverUs

If I'm interested in what I'm doing, other people will be interested in it.

John Cale

PeopleDoingWillInterestedOther

If you are not something, how do you become it? It is not obvious to me that you can be something you are not.

Andy Dunn

MeYouBecomeSomethingObviousHow

My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups - development, testing, marketing, user education.

Melinda Gates

EducationBusinessScienceSchool

The zenith of elegance in any woman's wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.

Andre Leon Talley

PowerWomanDressBlackElegance

I like lots of career politicians; I'm not against all career politicians.

Jeff Greene

CareerPoliticiansAgainstLikeLots

For years I've kept a list of dream projects.

Michael Bolton

DreamYearsListProjectsKept

Actors are an insecure breed. It's hard to have your career depend upon other people's opinions of what you do.

Alyssa Milano

PeopleOpinionsYouCareerDepend

I'm a big baseball fan, and I love the Cards.

Robbie Lawler

LoveBaseballCardsBigFanI Love

I try to seize every opportunity I can.

Rob Dyrdek

OpportunityI CanTrySeizeEvery

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

Judith Guest

LifeLuckBlessedThinkLivingDraw

The Eyemo was heavy and could be noisy. Once, I was in an auditorium filming a speech made by Goebbels when, suddenly, it decided to emit a huge snarling sound. Goebbels froze, and hundreds of uniformed Brownshirts turned and glared at me in anger. It was not a comfortable moment.

Douglas Slocombe

MomentAngerMeSpeechComfortable

I don't have email.

David Sedaris

Email

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