Zadie Smith Quotes

Oh yes, my generation liked to be in some pain when they read. The harder it was, the more good we believed it was doing us.

Zadie Smith

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GoodPainGenerationDoingMoreYes

I like it when a man puts thought into the kind of restaurant we're going to. That doesn't mean it needs to be fancy - some of the best meals of my life have been having a taco on a street corner.

Meghan Markle

LifeBestManThoughtRestaurant

Like ministers of information, consultants condense the message, smooth out the dissonances, unify the rhetoric, and then repeat and amplify it ad nauseam through the client's rank and file.

Matthew Stewart

InformationRhetoricOutRepeatRank

It breaks even. We lose ten, twenty grand every year. But then the people who are working say, Look, I'll kick this back in, I don't need to take this profit share. It's very cooperative.

John Zorn

PeopleYearLoseLookBackProfit

I've done so many interviews that I've gotten past the ego and the personality.

John Travolta

PersonalityPastEgoDoneInterviews

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there.

Sophia Bush

WorkShoesHappyBe HappyRestOwn

When you're watching 'Armageddon,' and the Aerosmith song starts... Super funny.

Trey Parker

FunnySongYouWatchingStarts

Deprivation sometimes can be one of the most marvelous teachers.

Michele Bachmann

SometimesTeachersMostMarvelous

I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn't come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.

Moira Kelly

SuccessCollegeThinkWayMy Own

Good music is timeless, whether it's a country song, rock, or R&B.

Diana DeGarmo

GoodMusicSongCountryRock

Chicago's always a friendly place to me.

Dennis Farina

MePlaceChicagoAlwaysFriendly

If I were afraid of wrinkles, I'd probably be hiding in a cupboard, because I have a lot of them.

Susie Orbach

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I learned very early that you don't get time back. I'd miss my children growing up, so that's the reason I retired.

Shawn Michaels

ChildrenTimeGrowing UpYouEarly

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