Zadie Smith Quotes

There is no bigger crime, in the English comic novel, than thinking you are right.

Zadie Smith

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ThinkingYouCrimeRightBigger

You know when you play Pictionary and someone draws a state? My biggest fear is that I'm not gonna know what state it is. I'm so bad at geography.

Melora Hardin

FearSomeoneYouBadPlayKnow

I think the deeper you go into questions, the deeper or more interesting the questions get. And I think that's the job of art.

Andre Dubus III

ArtJobThinkInterestingQuestions

Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.

Maya Angelou

YouthBrainIndependenceWineYou

In order to appreciate a great man, we must know his surroundings. We must understand the scope of the drama in which he played - the part he acted - and we must also know his audience.

Robert Green Ingersoll

GreatManAppreciateGreat ManDrama

Not all eagles can be trained, but those who take to life with a master display intense loyalty. Although they are not tethered, they always return after killing their prey.

Stephen Kinzer

LifeLoyaltyPreyEaglesMasterWho

It can be difficult navigating the line between tabloid gossip and authenticity.

Sia

GossipAuthenticityDifficultLine

I worked in restaurants, bars, record stores; I did anything and everything to pay my way through university and LAMDA.

Tom Riley

WayEverythingPayThroughAnything

I've been semi-successful. I've done all right but I'm not the player I was. Who do I think will win the world championship? John Higgins. Have I been good for snooker? I don't know.

Ronnie O'Sullivan

GoodWinWorldThinkKnowDone

Some people probably think me telling Godard's story is blasphemy. My friends were worried. But he's not my hero or my god. Godard is like the leader of a sect, and I'm an agnostic.

Michel Hazanavicius

LeaderGodHeroPeopleMeThink

The Middle East is the tinder box of the world, and to be able to remove a nuclear threat of any kind out of Iran, that would have been a big deal, very positive step forward.

Douglas Brinkley

PositiveStepWorldForwardKind

One moment I can be happy and laughing, but then it comes over me. It's my mom.

Bobbi Kristina Brown

MomentHappyMeBe HappyMomI Can

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

William Samuel Johnson

StrengthAdversityOwnWhoKnowsHe

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