Zadie Smith Quotes
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War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
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The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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They didn't accept me theory - not a theory, but just a thought I had about this character. I noticed that this man only exists when the boy comes into the grocery.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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I'd been going to the Louvre since 1951. I thought I knew Paris and the French, but I didn't really. You know how easy it is to make friends when you are traveling. People are curious about you, you are curious about them. But you never really make friends that way. After the Louvre, I discovered that I have friends now because I have enemies.
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I love women's bodies. I love luxury.
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If you look at my record, I have a clean record.
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Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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It's not enough for just us to invest in Utah; more and more, we are encouraging businesses around the world to follow suit. We want them to invest in and become part of Utah's future and to allow Utah to invest and become part of theirs.
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
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It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.
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We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.
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O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught.
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One reason most people never stop thinking is that mental frenzy keeps us from having to see the upsetting aspects of our lives. If I'm constantly brooding about my children or career, I won't notice that I'm lonely. If I grapple continuously with logistical problems, I can avoid contemplating little issues like, say, my own mortality.
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Try to understand what I am saying: everything is dependent on everything else, everything is connected, nothing is separate. Therefore everything is going in the only way it can go. If people were different everything would be different. They are what they are, so everything is as it is.
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I'd love to work with Kanye West. He's gone through a lot of stuff in the public eye, but his music is genius. He always takes risks.
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Perhaps Fate laid out your life for you like a dress on a bed, and you could either wear it or go naked.
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The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action.
