Zadie Smith Quotes

I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific.

Zadie Smith

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PeopleMeThinkResultsDoneLiving

I just play the guitar and write songs.

John Denver

GuitarPlayWriteJustSongs

When good things come in, my agent calls or sends me the script. But I allow them to sort through the offers so that I am not just sitting and reading everything because honestly, sometimes the scripts that appeal to me are projects that are not good projects, but I just really like the script or the characters.

Megan Fox

GoodI AmMeGood ThingsReading

With religion I was always like, 'Does it matter if it's true if it makes you happy?'

Matt Stone

ReligionHappyYouTrueMatterLike

I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.

Jeff Bridges

LifeTimeOpportunitiesTakeLeft

I'm still experimenting.

Stevie Wonder

StillExperimenting

Cable and satellite businesses are competing against fixed-line telephone companies and wireless companies.

Jay Samit

TelephoneCompetingAgainstWireless

Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.

Jonathan Sacks

LivePeopleEnvyFindAdmireIdeals

Therapists need to give a depressed patient support and direction.

Dick Cavett

SupportDirectionNeedPatientGive

I have a pathological fear of being on my own. When I'm with my own thoughts, I start to unravel myself, and I start to think really dark thoughts, self-destructive thoughts.

David Walliams

FearMyselfThoughtsStartThink

L.A. is fun, but it feels like one of those towns in the north of Scotland where there's an oil rig just off the coast and whether or not you work for the oil rig, everyone is connected to it.

Chris O'Dowd

WorkFunYouConnectedOilEveryone

I will travel to all 75 counties in Arkansas every year, listen to your stories and concerns, and work hard every single day on the issues affecting you and your family instead of visiting exotic foreign countries on the taxpayer dime.

Conner Eldridge

WorkFamilyDayTravelWork Hard

We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society.

Anne Lamott

LifeChildrenSocietyUnwantedWill

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