Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories … - Doris Lessing

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I put myself in front of people who can say yes to me, and I deliver value first.

Doris Lessing

Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story is how we construct our experiences.

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Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.

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Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.

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Every child has the capacity to be everything.

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I doubt if Dickens did, especially his women-his pretty women-Mrs. Dombey, Florence, Dora, Agnes, Ruth Pinch, Kate Nickleby, little Emily-we know them all through Hablot Browne alone-and none of them present any very marked physical characteristics. They are sweet and graceful, neither tall nor short; they have a pretty droop in their shoulders, and are very ladylike; sometimes they wear ringlets, sometimes not, and each would do very easily for the other.

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