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Doris Lessing
English
Writer
Born:
Oct 22
,
1919
Died:
Nov 17
,
2013
Always
Me
People
Think
World
You
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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.
Doris Lessing
You
Women
First
Say
Fact
Like
Years
Mould
Very
Five
Escape
Cannot
Whether
Much
Your
I'll be pleased when I'm dead. That will let me off worrying about all these wars.
Doris Lessing
Me
Will
Pleased
Worrying
About
Dead
Off
Wars
I never thought of London in terms of possible heroes - of course, there are thousands. It's a very talented city.
Doris Lessing
Heroes
Thought
Possible
City
Thousands
London
Never
Talented
Terms
Course
Very
I think a lot of romanticizing has gone on with the women's movement.
Doris Lessing
Women
Gone
Think
Lot
Movement
Whenever I met anyone who knew anything, I would bore them stiff until they told me what they knew.
Doris Lessing
Me
Met
Would
Bore
Knew
Until
Stiff
Whenever
Anyone
Anything
Them
Who
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
Work
Me
You
Strong
Simple
Imagination
Say
Instantly
Read
Reducing
Oh
Formula
Really
Fascinates
Now
Need
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