Zadie Smith Quotes
I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.Zadie Smith
Quotes to Explore
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'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.
Karl Rove -
A bowler is his own captain. I know what needs to be done, what the ball is doing. If you don't know where you are going to bowl and where you think the batsman will hit, then how can you tell the captain what you want? You are the judge.
Harbhajan Singh -
I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I love this planet... I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world.
Ted Turner -
I think with girlfriends, you always want your girlfriends to make the decisions for themselves, not based on a boy, not based on anything other than, 'Is this what you want?' Is this you know what you want to do?' And that's real support to me.
Kat Graham
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When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth.
Naomi Benaron -
I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.
Valentino Garavani -
Anyone who says they want to make a game that becomes a cult classic is kinda screwy, right? I mean, you want to reach the largest audience you can.
Warren Spector -
I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
Captain Beefheart -
I pride myself on not being run of the mill. I don't want to be your umpteenth Fantine in 'Les Miz.'
Rachel Tucker -
Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
Walt Mossberg
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I feel 'proud' whenever I feel that I've worked on something for a certain amount of time with a certain amount of attention. I'm not sure if I think in terms of 'pride' though.
Tao Lin -
There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done.
B. B. King -
Our fans want us to be happy and if that means being married or having a girlfriend, they are okay with that. Of course, in this industry it is a bit harder to have normal relationships, but it is possible.
AJ McLean -
I naturally want to be provocative.
Iggy Azalea -
I know that I have probably an eight- to 10-year window in this league, and if I want to be what I say I want to be, then I have to commit myself 100 percent.
J. J. Watt -
Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight.
Fran Drescher
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Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.
Jack Gleeson -
I don't want to talk about my trials and tribulations. Once you reveal even part of what your real problems might be in life, they come back in a deformed way.
W. G. Sebald -
It was always in the back of my mind while we were working on the first year of 'Rookie' that we'd do a print version at some point.
Tavi Gevinson -
When I found I had given birth to a human wreckage, to a child that was an imbecile, my heart was broken.
Victoria Woodhull -
You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
Napoleon Hill -
I want to write without shame or pride or over-compensation in one direction or another. To write freely.
Zadie Smith