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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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 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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All that hullabaloo about somebody's net worth is just stupid, and it's made my life a lot more complex and difficult.
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Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast.
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You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic.
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As a sportsman, my aim was to help sportspersons grow. The idea is to see what is good for sport rather than what's good for individuals.
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The simpler the message, the broader the meaning, in many respects. I think about a song like Free's 'All Right Now,' which I'm often asked about. It's that sort of song.
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My grandmother lives with my mother in a gorgeous house in the San Fernando Valley. I am afforded these luxuries, and I'm very young.
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But I do not remember ever having seen a newspaper in the house; and, most certainly, that privation did not render us less industrious, happy, or free.
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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.
