Zadie Smith Quotes
I noticed in America that if you write a book of any kind, you're made to be the representative of all the issues that might surround it.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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The attitude and identity that we want to play with doesn't change.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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Chinese consumption, particularly high-end consumption, is booming.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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I did anything that would get me on the air.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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I've been a bit of an electronics enthusiast and maker for a long time. I actually started the forum called ModRetro. It's an electronics enthusiast community that focuses on modifying vintage game consoles, and it's actually one of the larger game console modification forums on the Internet.
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You go back to T. H. Huxley, who coined the term, what he said - and I came to believe he is right - is that agnosticism asserts not only that he himself didn't know if there was a God or not, but that nobody could know.
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It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered white wine after a day of toiling over computer databases in a smoke-free, noise-free newsroom.
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I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.
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I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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People who can spread ideas regardless of what those ideas are, win.
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I noticed in America that if you write a book of any kind, you're made to be the representative of all the issues that might surround it.
