#ale

I thought that would go without saying, that if a mother gives up her children, it's very painful. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#course #heroes #i #london #never

I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.' ↗

— Doris Lessing

#course #heroes #i #london #never

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#dialect #fiction #our #our time #science

I understand a lot of the female needs. I'm not saying I know all of them all the time though. ↗

— Jared Leto

#i #know #lot #needs #saying

I am no more humble than my talents require. ↗

— Oscar Levant

#humble #i #i am #more #require

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#had #i #like #make #required

I may be the most recognizable name in the cast, but I can guarantee that I am not the most talented. ↗

— Huey Lewis

#cast #guarantee #i #i am #i can

People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#am #because #genius #hate #i

If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes. ↗

— Plutarch

#i #were #would

Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse. ↗

— Wyndham Lewis

#any #collapse #difficulty #even #great