Zadie Smith Quotes
It's a feeling of happiness that knocks me clean out of adjectives. I think sometimes that the best reason for writing novels is to experience those four and a half hours after you write the final word.
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.
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It's always interesting about God because it's like all of the religions in the world say that they pray to the same God, and yet they ask that same one God to divide itself up and agree with this one and fight against that one.
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Beneficial in theory, so-called free trade agreements far too often have been detrimental to the United States economy and the manufacturing sector that forms its central pillar.
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In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England loves her Queen, and has full motive to do so.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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I didn't just get to 75 years by tiptoeing. I had to work hard sometimes.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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That nature does not care, one way or the other, is the true abyss. That only man cares, in his finitude facing nothing but death, alone with his contingency and the objective meaninglessness of his projecting meanings, is a truly unprecedented situation.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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There are constant challenges in the drawing process, especially in a period piece, and therein lay the fun.
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You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.
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It is a good thing to let prayer be the first business of the morning and the last of the evening.
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If you want to look at the state of humans, you should look at the state of animals first. People are choosing whether or not they can feed an animal and their family. And every shelter coast-to-coast is stuffed.
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All records are not made to be broken.
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I feel like I'm a professional storyteller, really. A lot of people say 'a truth teller,' and, if the writing supports it, that's what your aim is: to try and present people with a series of truths, and then they can make up their mind about those and whether they have any real credence or weight.
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It's a feeling of happiness that knocks me clean out of adjectives. I think sometimes that the best reason for writing novels is to experience those four and a half hours after you write the final word.
