Zadie Smith Quotes
Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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I'm not Cinderella.
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No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
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I was a newspaper editor in high school, and I truly thought of journalism as a career. I loved it.
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I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.
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The bottom line is, when you're in the Senate, you have more of a voice in the beginning than a new House member.
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First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love.
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Every little action creates an effect: We are all interconnected.
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Examine the history of China for 2,000 years back, and then compare it with the Western history of fifty years! Does the government of these foreign countries present such a record of generosity, benevolence, loyalty, and honesty as ours?
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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I tell 'Hansel and Gretel' stories about heroic children who are lost in a world that seems friendly at first, and then isn't.
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I always look at the work of fashion designers as if they were art.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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And yet it will be obvious that it is difficult to really know of what sort each thing is.
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You could stand near him, listen to him speak, and feel as if you were in the presence of some wiser man, a true mullah. His uncles were the same. Rich, powerful men whose influence allowed them to profit from the war, not fight in it.
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It's very painful to have something that's not true written about you.
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You asked me to go out with you. I know you probably changed your mind. But you should know, the answer was yes. It's always been yes when it comes to you.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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Nowadays, I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.
