Quote by Doris Lessing
We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed. – Doris Lessing

Other quotes by Doris Lessing

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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Imagination
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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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Women
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Dreams
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Recall the old story of the rather refined young man who preferred sex dreams to visiting brothels because he met a much nicer type of girl that way. – Vivian Mercer

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Dreams

Im very ambitious. I live in reality but I have dreams I want to fulfill – I want to be a director, and Ive already started my own production company. But I also have a measure of success that I keep to myself. Its something very personal to me. – Alex Pettyfer

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Dreams

The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality. – Marya Mannes

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Dreams

Art is for entertainment purposes, but its also to reflect our dreams, our hopes, the present, the future the past – whether its good or bad. – Amber Valletta

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Dreams

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Tears such as angels weep. – John Milton

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Crying

Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christs sake hath forgiven you. Ephesians – Bible

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Kindness

In America nothing dies easier than tradition. – Russell Baker

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Tradition

Whenever I held my newborn baby in my arms, I used to think that what I said and did to him could have an influence not only on him but on all whom he met, not only for a day or a month or a year, but for all eternity — a very challenging and exciting thought for a mother. – Rose Kennedy

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Parents