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Common Quotes by Doris Lessing
- I'm always astounded at the way we automatically look at what divides and separates us. We never look at what people have in common.
- The older I get the more secrets I have, never to be revealed and this, I know, is a common condition of people my age.…
- I hated the 1960's feminists," she says. "They were dogmatists, you see. In comes ideology, and out goes common sense. This is my experience of…
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- The primary quality that Lao Tzu seems to emobdy is humility, which is the image of water - seeking the common level… — Frederick Lenz
- Water always seeks the easiest path, the common level of life. — Frederick Lenz
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree… — Samuel Johnson
- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson
- Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths… — Sri Aurobindo
- I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. — Theodore Bikel