Zadie Smith Quotes

I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.

Zadie Smith

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• The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.

  

  Walter Salles
  • America
  • Film
  • Latin

• If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.

  

  Vin Scully
  • Great
  • Home
  • Doubt

• I'm about a 160, 170 bowler so I feel like I'm pretty good - I'm average, but I don't stink, you know?

  

  Warren Moon
  • Good
  • Pretty
  • Know

• I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.

  

  Feist
  • Good
  • American
  • War

• When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
  • Time
  • Done
  • Meetings

• I think you can soften people's hearts, even if they have a lot of hate. Music can do that if it's beautiful and honest. If I can do that - soften just one person's heart - I consider myself successful already.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • Music
  • Heart

• I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'

  

  Larry David
  • People
  • House
  • Know

• I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.

  

  Rachel Field
  • May
  • Think
  • Ambition

• I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Love
  • Know
  • Kind

• I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.

  

  Eddie Cibrian
  • Father
  • Best
  • Boys

• I began to study martial arts because it was a great form of exercise, and I knew it would help my acting career. Martial arts reminded me of dancing. It has helped me learn fight sequences quicker.

  

  Olga Fonda
  • Great
  • Help
  • Career

• I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Morning

• I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • People
  • Me
  • Waiting

• When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.

  

  Rachel Nichols
  • People
  • Action
  • Hero

• You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.

  

  Pablo Sandoval
  • Up
  • God
  • Career

• Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?

  

  E. T. A. Hoffmann
  • Real
  • Genius
  • Simplicity

• To this day, most people think of me as the fastest human. They don't really think me as a long jumper, although that's the event I had more success in.

  

  Carl Lewis
  • People
  • Long
  • Success

• Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.

  

  Wellington Mara
  • Football
  • Nothing
  • Pop

• I had never come across the 'X-Men' comics till I was asked to play Magneto, so I just jumped into that job.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Men
  • Job
  • Play

• We have to reconcile Europeans with Europe.

  

  Emmanuel Macron

• I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.

  

  Florence Griffith Joyner
  • Working
  • Strength
  • Give

• Bookstore boss: to Mo The self-service kiosks have enabled us to cut down on staff, but some customers still feel the need to speak to an actual human. That's where you come in.Customer: Excuse me, do you carry Jewish New Year cards?Boss: I'm sorry, our New Years cards don't come in till November. But we'll be getting Jewish Christmas cards then, too!

  

  Alison Bechdel
  • Service
  • Christmas
  • Sorry

• Oh, all stories are the same, aren't they? Men and women fall in love or out of love. People are born; people die. It al ends happily or it all ends sadly, and the difference matters only to the people involved.

  

  Gabrielle Zevin
  • People
  • Men
  • Women

• I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • People
  • Books
  • Fiction