Bad women poets are better characters, they seldom... get drunk... go to prison... shoot the pianist. Their faults are soul fullness and banality. They like to commune (who does not) with the deity, nature, and themselves, but their words do not quite carry the traffic... some bad men poets can persuade people... that tricks and shocks are a substitute for talent... good poets of either sex are above these quarrels.


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Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.
WILL SMITH
I want the world to be better because I was here.
WILL SMITH
So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.
WILL SMITH
Life is lived on the edge.
WILL SMITH
If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who d...
WILL SMITH
The first step is you have to say that you can.
WILL SMITH
A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
ALEXANDER SMITH
Young people understand the world. They should be listened to on matters of politics and world organ...
ZADIE SMITH
Don't confuse honours with achievement.
ZADIE SMITH
If you asked me if I wanted more joyful experiences in my life, I wouldn't be at all sure I did,...
ZADIE SMITH
Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.
ZADIE SMITH
I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. I'm too old to go raving, but my fonde...
ZADIE SMITH
There is a kind of desperate need for somebody to tell everyone what to do, which I find really pecu...
ZADIE SMITH
When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everythin...
ZADIE SMITH
If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautio...
ZADIE SMITH
I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simpl...
ZADIE SMITH
I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups m...
ZADIE SMITH
Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found ...
ZADIE SMITH
I'm very attracted to exile literature - particularly Nabokov - exactly because the idea of bein...
ZADIE SMITH
Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand - but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong s...
ZADIE SMITH
Cambridge was a joy. Tediously. People reading books in a posh place. It was my fantasy. I loved it....
ZADIE SMITH
You can't state difference and also state equality. We have to state sameness to understand equa...
ZADIE SMITH
The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist...
ZADIE SMITH
It seems that if you put people on paper and move them through time, you cannot help but talk about ...
ZADIE SMITH
The library was the place I went to find out what there was to know. It was absolutely essential.
ZADIE SMITH
Oh no, the dead have risen and they're voting Republican.
YEARDLEY SMITH
A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.
YEARDLEY SMITH
Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
YEARDLEY SMITH
Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sport...
YEARDLEY SMITH
You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
YEARDLEY SMITH
My husband taught me so much about being a father. No matter what any of our children do, my husband...
TASHA SMITH
I have never felt anchored when it comes to fashion. I've always had to depend on a stylist help...
TASHA SMITH
I would rather do surrogacy before adopting. If I can't do it, I'd rather find someone who w...
TASHA SMITH
We in this entertainment industry try to act like we're so super powerful. we're not being h...
TASHA SMITH
Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't wan...
TASHA SMITH
I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a...
TASHA SMITH
Angela Bassett is a friend of mine and someone who I truly admire tremendously in terms of her work ...
TASHA SMITH
When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within t...
TASHA SMITH
I use honey to condition my hair and eggs for protein. Also, mayonnaise and olive oil are great opti...
TASHA SMITH
There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of ...
TASHA SMITH
There is a restaurant in L.A. called Crustacean, which is very famous for its garlic crab. Well, I c...
TASHA SMITH