Zadie Smith Quotes
Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
Quotes to Explore
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I look like this for a reason. I was born this way. It was God-given.
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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I am getting to that age where I am too old to play the boy next door and too young to play Uncle Fester.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.
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I never went to fashion school. I didn't know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn't know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.
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You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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First and foremost, I look for a great script. Then, the team that I am working with. Only then, we will be able to come up with a good film.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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The good people look for challenges. When teaching becomes a prestigious profession, then you'll get good people.
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I always tell my partners that our job is to fund all the companies we can that can be worth $10 billion or more. That's such a difficult constraint, we can't have any other constraints.
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What makes us Americans is our shared commitment to an ideal - that all of us are created equal, and all of us have the chance to make of our lives what we will.
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The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.
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You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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Be very humble when you plan so that Krishna is happy with you.
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What kind of plastic? A beautiful chest, for example, I have only thanks to nature and my 3 children, which I have fed long enough.
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The Bible's truth does not depend in any way on whether or not a person believes the truth.
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All of us need a vision for our lives, and even as we work to achieve that vision, we must surrender to the power that is greater than we know. It's one of the defining principles of my life that I love to share: God can dream a bigger dream for you than you could ever dream for yourself.
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Like all readers, I want my limits to be drawn by my own sensibilities, not by my melanin count.
