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there are two kinds of humanity, those who dream and those who don't, and both tend to despise, or to tolerate, the other.
Doris Lessing
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Doris Lessing
Age: 94 †
Born: 1919
Born: October 22
Died: 2013
Died: November 17
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Doris May Tayler
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If we were to put into practice what we know ... but that is the point.
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I've always disliked words like inspiration. Writing is probably like a scientist thinking about some scientific problem, or an engineer about an engineering problem.
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Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
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One certainty we all accept is the condition of being uncertain and insecure.
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I don't think that the feminist movement has done much for the characters of women.
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Envy has always hidden behind moral indignation.
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