Zadie Smith Quotes
You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.
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All over the world, people are looking at India and saying 'wow', and that's because we have begun to say 'wow' ourselves.
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Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close.
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Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods.
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Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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I never left doo wop.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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When I think about making 'Within,' it was not a very fun experience at all.
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The Administration should never have walked away from the Kyoto Treaty. Global warming is real and it is here today. The facts aren't the issue. The policy is the issue. I think the Administration's policy on global warming is dead wrong.
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You can't just let nature run wild.
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I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it's fun robbing guys on hits - there are plenty of times you're gonna be robbed as a hitter.
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If the script's good, everything you need is in there. I just try and feel it, and do it honestly. I also don't learn things for auditions, because I feel like it's just a test of memorizing rather than being real. Maybe every other actor would think that was terrible, I don't know. But it seems to have worked for me, so far.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
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As life grows more terrible, its literature grows more terrible.
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One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought.
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I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.
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Becoming a mom made me more contentious about expressing my true taste.
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Tonight we send a message to our party that here in Illinois, there will be a new generation of Republican leaders and we will fight to provide a better tomorrow for future generations. We've made clear the status quo is no longer acceptable.
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The longer you stand with people, the better it becomes.
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A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear is the booing.
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You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equality.
