Quote by Doris Lessing
It is terrible to destroy a persons picture of himself in the inte

It is terrible to destroy a persons picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction. – Doris Lessing

Other quotes by Doris Lessing

I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that nothing succeeds like success. – Doris Lessing

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Success
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I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. Ive been much happier unmarried than married. – Doris Lessing

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Marriage
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When youre young you think that youre going to sail into a lovely lake of quietude and peace. This is profoundly untrue. – Doris Lessing

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Peace
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Other Quotes from
Truth
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Listen friends, you have to face the truth: You are never going to be rich… The system is rigged in favor of the few, and your name is not among them, not now and not ever. – Michael Moore

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Truth

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear. – Henry David Thoreau

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Truth

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth give him too much, the same. – Blaise Pascal

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Truth

The truth is, if anyone saw my home life, Im pretty sure it would look like other families around the world. Theres a lot of juggling to be done. – Brooke Burke

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Truth

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The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart – this you will build your life by, and this you will become. – James Allen

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Well, my personal mission statement is that we want marriage equality in all 50 states. We want it not to be a state-by-state issue. We dont want it to be something the majority is voting on. I dont think the civil rights of any minority should be in the hands of any majority. – Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill – none have wrestled without pride. – Dan Gable

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great

Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory. – General George Patton

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Challenges