Zadie Smith Quotes
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I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
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The relationship I have to everyday life is very European. We have a different relationship with religion, with faith, with nudity, with sex, with food.
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I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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The great thing about gurus is not that they make you feel everybody's love. It's that they make you feel that you can love everybody.
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I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy.
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It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.
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Low inflation and government prudence may be harmful for economic development.
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To know when one's self is interested, is the first condition of interesting other people.
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‘As a sleuth you are poor. You couldn’t detect a bass-drum in a telephone-booth.’
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As the flashbulbs burst she holds a smile Like someone would hold a crying child Soon everybody will ask what became of you Your heart was dying fast and you didn't know what to do.
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The more you give, the more you get - it's a cliche, but it's really true.
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As soon as I go to Wall Street, my customer - all of a sudden, I'm working for people that don't know me. They don't know how much I love what I do.
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The first songs I made brought me to the Grammys. I was a five-times nominated teenager off voice memos and songs that were clearly recorded off different mics.
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I think some people have a vague idea, but the general public has no clue what the actual behind-the-scenes of filmmaking is and what this profession is.
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Machines are becoming devastatingly capable of things like killing. Those machines have no place for empathy. There's billions of dollars being spent on that. Character robotics could plant the seed for robots that actually have empathy.
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In hindsight, I see the great value of family and how it moulded my life and kept me together. So now family means everything to me.
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I wanted to definitely be a musician or a good preacher or a heck of a baseball player. I couldn't play ball too good - I hurt my finger, and I stopped that. I couldn't preach, and well, all I had left was getting into the music thing.
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Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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I really bristle when I get called to events and people introduce me as one of the top black anchors in the country. You know, that's very insulting. I'm striving to be one of the best anchors in the country. Handcuff me like that. What you're saying is, 'You're black. You should only expect to rise to the level of the best at being black.'
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The first theater subscription I ever bought was the August Wilson season at Signature. I remember thinking a whole season to one playwright was a great way for a master to do a victory lap.
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God cannot alter the past, though historians can.
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When I was in school, I was always writing scripts and dressing up as characters. I'd constantly be that guy who'd get up on stage. I used to write imaginary TV shows, like soap operas, for fun.
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Art is great only when it bears the stamp of the individual.
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The Guardian Interview 1 August 2013.
