Zadie Smith Quotes

The really heroic thing about Nick Hornby is that he lives in north London and rarely leaves it... Every English writer needs their corner that is forever England - but only a few brave men choose to make that corner Highbury.

Zadie Smith

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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'

Owain Yeoman
- Guy
- Cold
- Battle
There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

Sam Waterston
- Problem
- Effort
- Worth
No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.

Federico Fellini
- Writing
- Think
- Best
Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.

Yair Lapid
- Problem
- Students
- Israel
My label in Toronto was 'Stand Pat' and I think that was a fair assessment. I tried to be patient, but if a trade came along - big or small - that I thought should be made, I would make it.

Pat Gillick
- Small
- Thought
- Stand
It is true that when there's a drone attack, those - that the - the terrorists are killed, it's true. But 500 and 5,000 more people rises against it, and more terrorism occurs, and more - more bomb blasts occurs.

Malala Yousafzai
- People
- True
- Terrorism