Zadie Smith Quotes
Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a formal condition of the epic form. And those taught that they deserve nothing rightly enjoy it when they succeed in terms the culture understands.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.
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Blinking is some way of tabulating - a kind of carriage return, click, or save to disk - that helps the process of 'Okay, now change the subject.' Every time you move your eyes, there's an interruption in the visual field - you go momentarily blind when your eyeballs are moving.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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It's a sin to be tired.
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I always say my music is like dark blue or black, like a punch to your gut that feels really good.
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If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.
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The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget.
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My dad, he would go through these periods of self-doubt. We'd do something that was controversial or that wasn't welcomed by everybody, and he'd go, 'Well, Shirley, our parents cursed us with ethics, and we passed it on to our children.'
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Women's virtue is man's greatest invention.
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A weird sort of awareness set in, like, 'Wow. My standup isn't just separate from everything else I do anymore.' With Twitter and Face book, everything is universal that everything everybody says gets seen.
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The easiest way to gain someone's trust is to deserve it. This should be pretty easy, assuming you're just being you and being real. Minimal effort too.
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Asking why rappers always talk about their stuff is like asking why Milton is forever listing the attributes of heavenly armies. Because boasting is a formal condition of the epic form. And those taught that they deserve nothing rightly enjoy it when they succeed in terms the culture understands.
