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Zadie Smith Quotes

My feeling is, having lived in different classes, that people want equality of opportunity... that's the thing that makes me despair: the idea that people aren't given equality of opportunity.

Zadie Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Opportunity Equality People Me Want

When I'm on a picture, I have two bosses - the director and the producer. My co-star is not my boss.

Jim Brown

Boss Picture Director Two Producer

Not unlike our country's history, my personal history was founded upon an unfortunate history of racial conflict between black and white.

Jidenna

Black And White History Conflict Our

'Hedwig' isn't particularly based on me, but I think that it is autobiographical in terms of emotion.

John Cameron Mitchell

Me Think Emotion I Think Based

One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them.

Jerry Moran

Graduation Why Class Difficult Most

And I got to play lead with Gene Barry - a fellow who has never, ever been hard on the eyes!

Ann Robinson

Eyes Play Never Hard Lead Been

To be perfectly candid, we're better at stealing other people's secrets than anyone else in the world. But we self-limit. We steal secrets to keep our citizens free and safe.

Michael Hayden

People Candid World Free Better

If I were a child of Tibet or of Arabia, I suspect the path I'd walk would be the Buddhist path or the Muslim path. And I don't mind saying that I don't invalidate any of those paths.

John Shelby Spong

Path Walk Child Mind Saying Paths

Most of the people interviewing me are far more square than me. I think it's the ET thing. I'm sitting there, my hair is combed, and I'm in a suit.

John Tesh

People Me Hair Think Sitting More

I'm the man who sits behind a table and tells true stories from his life. I'm also an actor. I was trained as an actor at Emerson College, and I use that training to play myself.

Spalding Gray

Life Myself Man Training College

The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil.

Ronald Reagan

Leadership Good Hope Time People

I don't know if it's naivete or just narcissism, but I start out with this notion that I can do anything. It's not until I get into it that I realize what I've thrown myself into, and then I will do anything not to humiliate myself. And that, I think, is the secret to my success.

Michelle Pfeiffer

Success Myself Start Think I Can

We all need to start making some changes to how our families eat. Now, everyone loves a good Sunday dinner. Me included. And there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is when we eat Sunday dinner Monday through Saturday.

Michelle Obama

Good Monday Me Dinner Start Problem