Zadie Smith Quotes
I lost many literary battles the day I read 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' I had to concede that occasionally aphorisms have their power. I had to give up the idea that Keats had a monopoly on the lyrical.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't buy art to put away somewhere. I buy art to appreciate, enjoy, and live with. It's supposed to add to your life.
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The correct didactic analysis is one that does not in the least differ from the curative treatment. How, indeed, shall the future analyst learn the technique if he does not experience it just exactly as he is to apply it later?
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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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I love cooking and baking.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.
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I'm very English. I'm white. I mean, I'm so pale. With spray tans they start peeling and start getting really dirty looking.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
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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've been working with Global Zero. They are a great organization leading the resistance against nuclear war and the elimination of nuclear weapons.
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No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
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I was 19, and I thought I should settle down and get a real job, and what was I doing living this dream world?
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Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s.
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Occasionally I do things against my inner voice, but you really should go for the thing that touches you most-even if you don't quite know why it does.
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My music is the chicken soup kind. I want people to get a good feeling in their soul from these songs. Roots rock, heartland rock... whatever you want to call it is OK with me.
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It's okay to lose your pride over someone you love. Don't lose someone you love though over your pride!
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Intellectually, now, I believe that it is a complete vanity to say positively there is no God.
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I lost many literary battles the day I read 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' I had to concede that occasionally aphorisms have their power. I had to give up the idea that Keats had a monopoly on the lyrical.
