Zadie Smith Quotes
Some people--Samad for example--will tell you not to trust people who overuse the phrase "at the end of the day"--football managers, estate agents, salesmen of all kinds--but Archie's never felt that way about it. Prudent use of said phrase never failed to convince him that his interlocutor was getting to the bottom of things, to the fundamentals.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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I was 18 when I first started working at a restaurant. I was a dishwasher. I only got the job because I wanted to go to Ibiza for vacation, and washing dishes was the only job I could find.
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
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The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.
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People should have literary and cultural taste and should not bomb hotels.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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I have no superstitions. I don't have to have a Sunday outfit. I don't have socks or underwear I have to wear.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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The journey from engineering to acting just happened. I guess some things are meant to be.
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Social media presents an opportunity for business people to connect and know each other prior to a phone call or email taking place.
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Most people cant' deal with reality, but indulge heavily in fantasy and fear.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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Because I've got younger sisters, I want to impart on them the possibility of being a strong woman in whatever role I choose.
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Some people--Samad for example--will tell you not to trust people who overuse the phrase "at the end of the day"--football managers, estate agents, salesmen of all kinds--but Archie's never felt that way about it. Prudent use of said phrase never failed to convince him that his interlocutor was getting to the bottom of things, to the fundamentals.
