Zadie Smith Quotes
I guess I've always written more from the opposite perspective, that kind of existentialist perspective which argues that existence precedes essence. And there really isn't anything essential in there - you're the product of your actions, which can always change. And they retrospectively make you one way or another.
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I think there are plenty of Libertarians that are socially conservative.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
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I can be myself everywhere and be happy and confident and not feel that I am just what I do.
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We are all children starving to experience and know the heart of reality.
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I try to find very simplistic melodies, which are the hardest ones to create.
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I guess I've always written more from the opposite perspective, that kind of existentialist perspective which argues that existence precedes essence. And there really isn't anything essential in there - you're the product of your actions, which can always change. And they retrospectively make you one way or another.
