Zadie Smith Quotes

A lot of women, when they're young, feel they have very good friends, and find later on that friendship is complicated. It's easy to be friends when everyone's 18.

Zadie Smith

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FriendshipGoodWomenFeelFriends

I'm very detail oriented. I think that's why people enjoy my memoirs - because I tend to remember everything.

Jen Lancaster

PeopleDetailThinkRememberEnjoy

It is obvious, in retrospect, to lean on those who love us most. With depression, in part because of the shame attached to it, it's harder to be honest.

Andy Dunn

LoveDepressionShameHonestUs

Maybe it will be difficult, but I want to finish school. My parents want me to finish school, and I am pretty sure I will. I will not go to university; I will turn professional when I finish school.

Matteo Manassero

SchoolI AmParentsMeProfessional

My parents always used to ask me to settle down, and I could never understand that term. However, after marriage, I have finally realised the importance of having a companion.

Amruta Khanvilkar

MarriageParentsMeDownUnderstand

For an encore, I might do health-care cartoons using my own blood. That will be my last act.

Steve Breen

BloodWillMy OwnActOwnCartoons

I'm active - I like playing football, but I'm not very good. I like running, but I'm not really fast.

Michael Kiwanuka

GoodFootballFastActivePlaying

A person sets out to write a poem for a variety of reasons: to win the heart of his beloved; to express his attitude toward the reality surrounding him, be it a landscape or a state; to capture his state of mind at a given instant; to leave - as he thinks at that moment - a trace on the earth.

Joseph Brodsky

AttitudeHeartMomentMindWin

The spiral in a snail's shell is the same mathematically as the spiral in the Milky Way galaxy, and it's also the same mathematically as the spirals in our DNA. It's the same ratio that you'll find in very basic music that transcends cultures all over the world.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

MusicWorldYouFindWayDNA

I think 'GoodFellas' is just a perfect film. From an efficiency of storytelling standpoint, from an entertainment standpoint, from a performance standpoint, from a use of music standpoint, from a cinematography and editing standpoint - to me, it's just a perfect movie.

Derek Cianfrance

MusicMePerformanceThinkPerfect

I've been studying the planets and learning the personalities of each planet.

Dr. Dre

LearningStudyingPlanetPlanets

There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it's just phenomenal. There's also an unbelievably high proportion of artists who are left-handed, and a high correlation between left-handedness and learning disabilities.

Chuck Close

LearningHighArtistsLeft-Handed

I was learning the craft; I didn't study writing in school. Rejection was my motivation, and failure is what taught me.

Pierce Brown

LearningFailureSchoolMeWriting

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