Zadie Smith Quotes
All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the property of never being without a disposition to receive form.
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People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.
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I'm kind of a perfectionist, and it gets in the way with my putting sometimes. Golf is a messed-up game. When you feel you've figured it out is when you're going to struggle.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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Most of my stuff, I never really watch.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.
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I've always looked at 2016, but 2020 is realistic for me. I'll be 23 in 2016, but if I keep on progressing, hopefully 2016 will be a medal chance as well for me.
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One of the greatest gifts of Black feminism to ourselves has been to make it a little easier simply to be Black and female.
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.
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No access to me, nor my staff, will ever affect what we do to protect consumers of the state of Florida.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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The problem with most Hollywood movies is they don't give the director enough control.
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You still have Top 40 radio now, but it's 40 different stations. There aren't many hits that everybody knows, and there aren't many real superstars.
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The morning meal was served in traditional socialist fashion- very slowly, with the courses out of order so that the jelly arrived half an hour after the toast and the coffee didn't come until we'd called for the check. However, it was hard to be angry at a place that had ice cream, beer, and cigarettes on its breakfast menu.
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I work in response to the limitations of any situation and in relationship to what's possible.
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I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
