Zadie Smith Quotes
I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
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You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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If you haven't got it. Fake it! Too short? Wear big high heels, but do practice walking!
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.
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I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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I have confidence in mining. I see exciting opportunities in it.
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I sleep better on the road than I do at home. I'm used to sleeping in a million different hotels. I'm not home very often, so when I get home, I have things I want to do.
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I hate to travel. I don't go anywhere.
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We're in the same ghettos, same inner cities, and we're suffering from the same problems. Every problem the blacks have, the Latinos have.
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Don't go looking at me like that because you'll wear your eyes out.
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who want to benefit from the commonwealth must contribute to the common purse.
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We like to crystallize something in the audience's brain that makes them say, 'Hey I really want to watch that. I'm really interested in it.'
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I love what I do, I love my job.
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I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
