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I am always being described as having views that I've never had in my life.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Always Am Being Had Having Life My Life Never Views I Am

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Time and distance from the first and second world wars doesn't seem to lessen their horrors.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Distance First Horrors Lessen Second Seem Time Wars World

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When I started, there were no big interviews, no television, no profiles and all that. The publishers were quite shockingly uncommercial, but they did look after their writers.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: After Big Did Interviews Look Publishers Quite Started Television Were Writers

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If you are a young writer today, it's very hard.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Hard Today Very Writer You Young

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What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Books Disappeared In The Past Learning Literature Much Now Ordinary Ordinary People Past People Realize Respect Respected Serious Society Very Whole

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It's lovely to have money to give away - that's the bonus of winning the Nobel.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Away Bonus Give Lovely Money Nobel Winning

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I have a daughter and two grand-daughters and a great grandson in Africa, in Cape Town.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Africa Cape Daughter Grandson Great Town Two

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When there's a war, people get married.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Get Get Married Married People War

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You know, looking at it objectively, I've written one or two good books.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: Books Good Know Looking Objectively One Or Two Two Written You

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It's very interesting what you don't care about.

~Doris Lessing

Topics: About Care Interesting Very You

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: October 22nd, 1919

Died: November 17th, 2013

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