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You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.
Doris Lessing
Married
,
Red
,
Servant
You cannot escape the fact that women mould your first five years, whether you like it or not. And I can't say I do like it very much.
Doris Lessing
Women
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Cannot
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Fact
You know, looking at it objectively, I've written one or two good books.
Doris Lessing
Good
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Two
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Looking
You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires.
Doris Lessing
Girl
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End
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Idea
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October 22
, 1919
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