Zadie Smith Quotes

Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it. I miss it still.

Zadie Smith

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JoyPeopleReadingLovedPlaceMiss

People always grow and mature.

Jesse Jackson

PeopleGrowMatureAlways

I used to write my books at night when I was a freelancer with no children. I used to really work in huge spurts - I could turn around a revision in two weeks, I used to be able to write 10,000 words a day. It's like, 'Wow, what happened to that?' That's just gone.

Melissa de la Cruz

WorkChildrenDayWordsNightWrite

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.

Anaxagoras

LiveMenWordsQuietTwoMine

Nobody gets excited when they see me. If I put on my wizard outfit and walk around the airport for a couple of hours, I get a couple of puzzled glances.

Andy Kindler

WalkMeOutfitNobodyAirportSee

Anybody can miss a penalty.

Mesut Ozil

MissAnybodyPenalty

The goal of listening to customers is not to please every one of them. It's to figure out which customer segments serve your needs - both short and long term.

Steve Blank

ListeningShortCustomerLongGoal

We never dealt with satire or suggestive material. Although some of our films were broad parodies or burlesques of popular dramatic themes, there was no conscious attempt at being either sarcastic or offensive.

Stan Laurel

SarcasticNeverSatireOffensive

You can't do the finest work of your career staying in your city.

Robin S. Sharma

WorkCityYouCareerYourStaying

The Founding Fathers: A bunch of old white guys who are making it nearly impossible for modern government to pick our doctors, teach our children, correct our diets, and save our money.

Mike Gallagher

ChildrenMoneyGovernmentImpossible

With every new social network, smartphone feature, and digital diversion, innovation-driven consumer companies must constantly redefine their categories and, in some cases, redefine themselves to ensure they remain both relevant and differentiated in the minds of consumers.

Dinesh Paliwal

NewMindsDigitalSocialMustSome

I don't like to give advice. I like to give people information because everyone's life is different, and everyone's journey is different.

Dolly Parton

LifeJourneyPeopleAdviceEveryone

Finding the right person can be so hard that often, when a person finally finds someone she or he is comfortable with, she or he just makes it work.

Chirlane McCray

WorkRight PersonSomeoneFinding

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