Zadie Smith Quotes
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.Zadie Smith
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We would be able to deal with Islam if we were allowed to deal with it in the way we think we should.
Viktor Orban -
I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
Earl Weaver -
I think it's a natural human tendency, when you read something, you tend to read a lot of your prejudices into it. And neuroscience is like a lot of disciplines - it has fashions; things change.
Sam Kean -
What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
Walter Annenberg -
I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
Taron Egerton -
I've always been just as interested in making people think as I am in making them feel, and one of the things this scientific process allows me to do is make the audience look differently at dance.
Wayne McGregor
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My schedule is too overwhelmingly full to think about the future.
Saina Nehwal -
A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
Queen Latifah -
Rapunzel is a bit more relatable than the other princesses, especially because she doesn't even know that she's a princess until the very end of the movie. I like to think of her as the bohemian Disney princess. She's barefoot and living in a tower. She paints and reads... She's a Renaissance woman.
Mandy Moore -
I think I've written about family and things in 'Taipei' which could be considered Asian culture.
Tao Lin -
Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.
Adam Grant -
I don't think you have to be in these serious, heavy, independent little movies to be an actor. Some of the most interesting acting I've seen is on cable television.
Laura Dern
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I still think reading something like 'Ulysses' takes a tremendous investment of time, but it repays all of it with so much interest.
D. B. Weiss -
When the women's movement began, it was a middle-class phenomenon. Certainly, black women had other stuff to think about in the '60s besides a women's movement. Working-class women were slow to get into it.
Gail Collins -
I don't think I was really addicted. I used it as a party tool.
Tanya Tucker -
I think Detroit is where muscle meets brains.
Dan Gilbert -
I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.
Kacey Musgraves -
I think female-centric films shouldn't be only about thriller or horror. Angelina Jolie has been doing all kinds of stuff.
Rakul Preet Singh
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I want to make something that's respectful and respected. And I think you can make something for women that is respected on television.
Callie Khouri -
My live show is almost like a meditation. An emotional apex - that's what I want it to feel like.
Gallant -
We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.
Larry Norman -
I've never come into anything successful before. I've always been hired by horrible radio stations with horrendous reputations and nothing to lose.
Howard Stern -
The color of the king doth come and go, Between his purpose and his conscience, Like heralds 'twixt two dreadful battles set: His passion is so ripe, it needs must break.
William Shakespeare -
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
Zadie Smith