Zadie Smith Quotes
Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog that will bite you in the back.'
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When you like something and you're pretty good at it and you can make a living doing it, you don't ask why. You just count your blessings and go with it.
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It is time that scientists and other public intellectuals observed that the contest between faith and reason is zero-sum.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
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I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
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If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering.
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On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine.
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A lot of people like to run in plays because it's a nice, steady job.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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I feel like, growing up, I watched football, obviously, and you see great players, and as a fan, you want to watch the best you can possibly watch, and you want to see what's capable of being made.
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I travel to Chicago a lot. And I've followed Obama through his Senate race and beyond. I found him to be an exceptional candidate who was able to transcend ethnic and racial lines.
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The changing of the goals helps keep the motivation fresh.
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My worst investment decision so far is to lend money to friends. So far, it has all come to zero.
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I think every day how incredibly lucky it is that I travel around the world playing to thousands of people.
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Well, you have your regular classes, like three hours every other day, three times a week. You get twice a week to have an ice practice. Once a week you have weight lifting. It was great.
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
