Zadie Smith Quotes
I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That's one of the little-known facts.
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Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.
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I pledge to you today that for as long as I am your governor, I will not seek or accept any outside compensation from any source.
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Most of my stuff, I never really watch.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
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Impulses are hard to come by these days.
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The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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I don't allow meat in my house or in my oven. My whole family is vegetarian - and although I've given my kids the choice to order meat at a restaurant when they reach five, they're not interested.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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Luckily, I work for a company that promotes on performance.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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That brain of mine is something more than merely mortal, as time will show.
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No matter how senior you get in an organization, no matter how well you're perceived to be doing, your job is never done.
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Creativity is the key for any child with dyslexia - or for anyone, for that matter. Then you can think outside of the box. Teach them anything is attainable. Let them run with what you see is whatever they need to run with.
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With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.
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The restaurant business is something that you have to treat like a baby. You have to constantly be there. You can't trust it to anybody else, because no one's going to love it like you do.
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And I say, 'Yes, you look wonderful tonight.'
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
