Zadie Smith Quotes
Young people understand the world. They should be listened to on matters of politics and world organization. But they know nothing of their own lives.
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A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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In some ways, jazz is the most precise of art forms and the loosest in the sense that it's all about improvisation, but the musicianship required is kind of insane. To actually play with real jazz musicians is a different level of musicianship that almost has no equal in any other form of music in the world.
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I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male.
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Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.
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The most profound change that genetics brings about might not be scientific at all. It might be mental and even spiritual enrichment: a more expansive sense of who we humans are, existentially, and where we came from, and how we fit with other life on earth.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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I just lip gloss! It doesn't matter if it's $2 or $30.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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I want to have a long career.
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We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have received the results of our labor.
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We are in a democracy, and I think for all issues, whatever matters that the opposition may have apprehension on, there is a forum, and it is called Parliament.
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You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement.
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I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
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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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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
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I never go wild with nails.
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I like the noise of democracy.
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The only reason we make good role models is because you guys look up to athletes and we can influence you in positive ways. But the real role models should be your parents and teachers!
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I nurture people's talents because, at the end of it, that's what they're left with. They're left with themselves.
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Show not what has been done, but what can be. How beautiful the world would be if there were a procedure for moving through labyrinths.
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Young people understand the world. They should be listened to on matters of politics and world organization. But they know nothing of their own lives.
