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Quote by Doris Lessing
There was a time when young people respected learning and literatu

There was a time when young people respected learning and literature and now they dont. – 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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Doris Lessing
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September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasnt that terrible. – Doris Lessing

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History
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Doris Lessing
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Learning
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I guess confidence is the only thing that I take from project to project, but Im always open to learning everybodys style – the director, the actor Im working with. – Freida Pinto

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Learning

Learning is its own exceeding great reward. – William Hazlitt

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Learning

Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add. – Nelson Goodman

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Learning

All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial. – Alva Myrdal

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Learning

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Theres no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times. – Jonathan Ive

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Learning

In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. – Somerset Maugham

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Cities

Conscience is that still, small voice that is sometimes too loud for comfort. – Bert Murray

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Integrity

What I had to prove was that I had a dedication and a desire and a passion to do the work and everything else would fall in place because I have a vision that I want to portray and it did and I do it. I dont sell anything. – Kim Weston

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work