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Zadie Smith Quotes

I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

People Me Battle Fiction Against

When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became.

Life Mother Me Growing Up Growing

Hope is the greatest thing for moms of autism. Hope is what gets us out of bed in the morning. I'm on a mission to tell parents that there is a way.

Morning Hope Parents Mission Way Us

The more I've been able to learn about gay rights and equal pay and gender equity and racial inequality, the more that it all intersects. You can't really pick it apart. It's all intertwined.

Learn Gender You Gay Inequality Pay

Actually, to be honest, this is a useful time to not be knowing what I'll be doing in 2013 or 2014, because really, for the last however many years, I've known what I've been doing for years and years ahead. You get into a cycle of non-reflection, and that gets a bit scary.

Time Doing You Ahead Knowing Scary

Yes, I feel I've got something to say. If people want to listen, that's great, and if they don't, that's their choice.

Great People Feel Choice Say Want

I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me.

Roger Spottiswoode

Ethics Me Think Engineering Morals

My first public impression was my French teacher, Derek Swift.

Teacher First Impression Public

The combine's a great experience, and I'm sure everyone will tell you the same thing. Cool experience, lots of fun, would never want to do it again.

Great Experience Fun Cool You Want

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

Mother Tyrants Mob

I think I'm very good at reading coverage and knowing where I want to go with the ball before the ball is snapped.

Colin Kaepernick

Good Reading Think Go Want Knowing

If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses.

Excuses You Want Really

I find it very difficult to see a scenario where financial regulation doesn't pass the Senate.

Financial Find Difficult See Where

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