Zadie Smith Quotes
Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual', but bi-curious? Yea.
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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I've had the same barber since I was about 14 years old.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.
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Several of the energy companies want to do the right thing. It's a matter of leveling the playing field though for them and that's why corrective action here is necessary.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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Women are sacred.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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It's not unusual for a would-be entrepreneur to get turned down half a dozen times before finding a willing investor - yet in most companies, it takes only one 'nyet' to kill a project stone dead.
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The severe portrait that is not the greatest joy in the world to the subject may be enormously interesting to the reader.
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Disruption is continuously afoot in every industry, but especially in autos. It is how Toyota, Nissan and Honda bloodied Detroit: They did not start their attack with Lexus, Infiniti and Acura, but with low-end subcompact models branded Corona, Datsun and CVCC.
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My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.
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I'd rather go to Vietnam than get married.
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Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.
