Zadie Smith Quotes
I wrote 'White Teeth' in the late nineties. I didn't really feel trepidatious about it. It was a different time.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't have time to be negative.
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I'm not anti-middle-class in the slightest. Look at me! I am very pro people putting time and money and effort into trying to improve the world.
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The last time I had to make a career decision, I was 17. I could have gone to Ballet Theatre or National Ballet of Canada. There were options. But as I became exposed to the Robbins repertoire, I realized that there was a living genius in the house.
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I was 25 years old when I arrived in D.C. It was just myself and two people who worked and helped me in the kitchen. I was only cooking for three people most of the time.
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There's something different that happens when you're writing a song for your own record that you know you're going to sing.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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For an actor, a Mamet play is definitely on the list of things you hope to be a part of before it's time to exit.
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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.
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Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.
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Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been examining for a long time.
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I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.
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Julia Child wasn't afraid to have fun. She made fantastic food but knew how to have a good time and not be too stuck up about the kitchen space.
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There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of '92 to look at his version.
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Teachers need time to engage with colleagues - whether shadowing, mentoring, co-teaching or conferring. They need a voice in school decisions and to be trusted as professionals.
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There was one point in high school actually when I was on the chess team, marching band, model United Nations and debate club all at the same time. And I would spend time with the computer club after school. And I had just quit pottery club, which I was in junior high, but I let that go.
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One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.
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I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.
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I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.
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Is there a place here for the spirit ? Is there time on this brief platform for anything other than mind 's failure to explain itself?
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I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want to read books like the ones I write. I write because I am angry at everyone. I write because I love sitting in a room all day writing. I write because I can partake of real life only by changing it.
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I was the little French boy who grew up hearing people talk of De Gaulle and the Resistance. France against the Nazis! Then when that boy grew up, he began to uncover things. We began to legitimately ask the question, 'What exactly did our parents do during the Occupation?' We discovered it was not the story they were telling us.
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Can you say that in 20 years people would still use the iPhone? Maybe not. Maybe we'd have a new product or something more innovative. What I can say today is that, in 20 years, I'm quite convinced that people will still drink Dom Perignon.
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I wrote 'White Teeth' in the late nineties. I didn't really feel trepidatious about it. It was a different time.
