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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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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In the U.K., we have a paper called 'The Daily Mail,' which is quite misogynist. And every day, it just writes pieces about: 'Women, you're going to die now! Women, here's shoes that give you cancer! Women, just hate yourselves!'
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You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it.
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The idea of dancing to bad house music is something I could never get behind.
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I was once making a burger for myself at my boyfriend's house and a lyric started pouring out and I had to catch it, so I ran to another room to write it down, but then the kitchen caught fire. His cabinets were charred, and he was furious. But it was worth it for a song.
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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.
