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I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she h

I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I. – Doris Lessing

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Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse. – Doris Lessing

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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something youve understood all your life, but in a new way. – Doris Lessing

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I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war. – George Galloway

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I frankly dont think its going to be a successful war on terrorism until law enforcement agencies like the FBI are willing to share with other law enforcement agencies. If they cant share information, theres no way this war can be won. – Patty Hearst

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What is more immoral than war? – Marquis de Sade

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