Zadie Smith Quotes
People with children will know this: when the childcare is over, it's over on the dot. You immediately have to go into child mode; there's no down time.
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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.
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In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.
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People are predominant in my paintings. Although they are not obvious, you can feel their presence.
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The Soviet Union, the socialist camp, the People's Republic of China, and North Korea helped us resist, with essential supplies and weapons, the implacable blockade of the United States, the most powerful empire ever to exist.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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Dixie Chicks surprised me with a beautiful three-part harmony version of 'I'll Take Care of You.' And Don Henley's performance of 'The Heart of the Matter' still just slays me every time I hear it.
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I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.
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I try to beat back the producers and engineers so they - there's not an excess of stuff used to squeeze my voice to make it artificial. There's a person in there, and people will listen; if they hear another person speak to them, they'll listen because it's lonely out here.
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Any time you make more than a couple of friends at an event, I think that you actually made no friends.
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The Bahraini people are eager to obtain facts to enable them to shape a comprehensive national opinion without division among its people. We confirm to all journalists and media personnel in the kingdom of Bahrain that their freedom is preserved and their rights are safeguarded.
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Humour allows people to exhale a little.
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People hate searching.
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The best part of touring, still, is touching people's hearts and igniting my band and igniting the people into what you call a spiritual revelation is sound and emotion.
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I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time.
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The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.
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They call people who love London 'Anglophiles' and people who love France 'Francophiles.' I'd be the New York version of that.
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I don't want to be an absent mother. Otherwise, why have children?
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Everybody has a Bill Murray story. He just punishes people for reasons they can't figure out.
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I've been fortunate to be around good people.
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I don't listen to weakies.
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I was world champion, but I was never able to celebrate it. It was a joke for me.
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I'm on a mission. If I can make even one person not enjoy something they're currently enjoying, it's all worth it!
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People with children will know this: when the childcare is over, it's over on the dot. You immediately have to go into child mode; there's no down time.
