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Quote by Doris Lessing
You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years,

You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I cant say I do like it very much. – Doris Lessing

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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

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In university they dont tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools. – Doris Lessing

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