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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This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
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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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You can't tag me as a regional actress.
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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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It's a hard job. It means giving up some things, but on the other hand they keep saying you can have it all. You can't really have it all so easy. You can do a little of this and little of that.
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As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.
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I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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If I have to, I will. I'll do whatever the law (requires) me to do, but other than that, it's a waste of my time.
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Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.
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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.
