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Zadie Smith Quotes

Nabokov, who I loved more than any other writer when I was young, had such contempt for dialogue. When I was younger, I never wrote a word of dialogue because of him. I thought it was a childish part of a novel.

Zadie Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: british
Birth: October 25, 1975

Topics

Thought Loved Young Never Childish

The more I see of deer, the more I admire them as mountaineers. They make their way into the heart of the roughest solitudes with smooth reserve of strength, through dense belts of brush and forest encumbered with fallen trees and boulder piles, across canons, roaring streams, and snow-fields, ever showing forth beauty and courage.

John Muir

Strength Beauty Heart Courage Trees

The thing that's interesting about Trump is that when you read 'Coriolanus,' you'd be tempted to draw parallels. But I don't do that.

Robert Lepage

Interesting You Read Trump About

The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude specialists, and that may mean war will be increasingly abstract, hard to think about and hard to control.

Michael Ignatieff

Future War Control Think Lawyers

Ain't nothing wrong with college, but I just feel like everyone's paths are different.

Metro Boomin

College Feel Paths Wrong Nothing

If you look at Newcastle or Gateshead, even over twenty years, even with the previous administration, it has moved quite remarkably in transforming itself.

John Prescott

You Look Over Years Twenty Even

I continue to have a special pride and passion for AOL, and I strongly believe that AOL - once the leading Internet company in the world - can return to its past greatness.

Steve Case

Passion Past Greatness World Believe

I could also lose to lesser fighters than David Haye, based on the fact that styles make fights.

Tony Bellew

Lose Make Fact Than Fighters Fights

To this day, I have the most fond memories of some of my old toys.

Michael Keaton

Memories Day Toys Old Fond Memories

I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire.

Douglas Bader

Me Appearance Top Right Leave Leg

I've never been a good estimator of how long things are going to take.

Donald Knuth

Good Long Never Things Take Going

I've been too funny in my life to have to play a character who's... moderately funny.

Chevy Chase

Life Funny Character My Life Play

I think the first three Rickenbacker basses were imported around 1964. Pete Quaife, the bassist for The Kinks, bought one. Then John Entwistle from The Who bought one. As for the third one, I asked the manager of the store if I could get an employee discount. He said I could, and so I picked up that one.

Chris Squire

Think Said Three Manager Employee