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No fiction, no myths, no lies, no tangled webs - this is how Irie imagined her homeland. Because ...
ZADIE SMITH These days, it feels to me like you make a devil's pact when you walk into this country. You hand ov...
ZADIE SMITH But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist, scared of infection, penetrati...
ZADIE SMITH Sacrifice was nine tenths of parenting.
ZADIE SMITH She was a woman still controlled by the traumas of her girlhood. It made more sense to put her three...
ZADIE SMITH When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everythin...
ZADIE SMITH This, after all, was the month in which families began tightening and closing and sealing; from Than...
ZADIE SMITH You don't have favourites among your children, but you do have allies.
ZADIE SMITH One may as well begin with Helen's letters to her sister.
ZADIE SMITH They had nothing to say to each other. A five-year age gap between siblings is like a garden that ne...
ZADIE SMITH People talk about the happy quiet that can exist between two loves, but this, too, was great; sittin...
ZADIE SMITH It's still easier to find the correct Hoover bag than to find one pure person, one pure faith, on th...
ZADIE SMITH Tell the truth through whichever veil comes to hand – but tell it. Resign yourself to the lifelong...
ZADIE SMITH I think I know a thing or two about the way people love, but I don't know anything about hatred,...
ZADIE SMITH Sometimes, one wants to have the illusion that one is making ones own life, out of one's own resourc...
ZADIE SMITH We are split people. For myself, half of me wishes to sit quietly with legs crossed, letting the thi...
ZADIE SMITH But I cannot be worrying-worrying all the time about the truth. I have to worry about the tru...
ZADIE SMITH You become a different writer when you approach a short story. When things are not always having to ...
ZADIE SMITH She hopes for nothing except fine weather and a resolution. She wants to end properly, like a good s...
ZADIE SMITH The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life.
ZADIE SMITH Stop worrying about your identity and concern yourself with the people you care about, ideas that ma...
ZADIE SMITH The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.
ZADIE SMITH You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.
ZADIE SMITH Full stories are as rare as honesty.
ZADIE SMITH That kind of inability to improve is really very rare. That kind of consistency is miraculous, in a ...
ZADIE SMITH ... il tutto in diverse sfumature di grigio, celeste, verde scuro, perché in base a una ricerca, qu...
ZADIE SMITH Secondo l'esperienza di Archie, qualunque cosa dotata di memoria lunga mantiene i rancori, e non va ...
ZADIE SMITH People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really t...
ZADIE SMITH Any woman who counts on her face is a fool.
ZADIE SMITH English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory...
ZADIE SMITH At a certain point you have to leave childish things behind, and one of the childish things is a sen...
ZADIE SMITH Last year, when Zora was a freshman, sophomores had seemed altogether a different kind of human: so ...
ZADIE SMITH - You look fine.
- Right. I look fine. Except I don't, said Zora, tugging sadly at her man's n...
ZADIE SMITH Please. Do me this one, great favor, Jones. If ever you hear anyone, when you are back home.....
ZADIE SMITH ...the wicked lie, that the past is always tense and the future, perfect.
ZADIE SMITH If religion is the opiate of the people, tradition is an even more sinister analgesic, simply becaus...
ZADIE SMITH And underneath it all, there remained an ever present anger and hurt, the feeling of belonging nowhe...
ZADIE SMITH The fate of the young man in his headphones, who faced a jail cell that very night, did not seem suc...
ZADIE SMITH More silence; children's silence, so desperately desired by adults yet eerie when it finally occurs.
ZADIE SMITH ...despite all this, it is still hard to admit that there is no one more English than the Indian, no...
ZADIE SMITH My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my ...
EMMITT SMITH I don't necessarily believe in organized religion.
WILL SMITH I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood.
WILL SMITH When you create art, the world has to wait.
WILL SMITH I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.
WILL SMITH In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.
WILL SMITH You can cry, ain't no shame in it.
WILL SMITH I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly abo...
WILL SMITH I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and ...
WILL SMITH I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like ...
WILL SMITH We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell,...
WILL SMITH 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 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 Mr. Idris Elba is amazing! He happens to be British, but what's funny about him is that when he&...
TASHA SMITH I felt bad to have to get divorced. I wasn't proud of that.
TASHA SMITH I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... wor...
TASHA SMITH When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check whe...
TASHA SMITH I'm a black woman who loves hair. I enjoy changing my hair, having fun with it - just hair! I go...
TASHA SMITH No person is perfect. I haven't, thank God, had any infidelity issues. But you can't say wha...
TASHA SMITH I was familiar with 'Addicted' for a long time, even prior to the movie, way before it got t...
TASHA SMITH Anytime there's a God, there has to be a devil. And anytime there's good, there has to be ev...
TASHA SMITH Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, ma...
TASHA SMITH Acting changed my life. I say God and then acting. Because becoming an actor, I've gained a new ...
TASHA SMITH There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afrai...
TASHA SMITH I think that it's the love of God that brings man into repentance. Once you embrace that love an...
TASHA SMITH My sisters are amazing. My sister is my business partner, my twin. She's an amazing producer, wr...
TASHA SMITH I don't think there are enough stories told about black men and their relationships and how they...
TASHA SMITH Well, I asked him who would start the war first.
SAMANTHA SMITH And he said that he didn't want to have a war or anything like that again.
SAMANTHA SMITH If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.
SAMANTHA SMITH He said that if we were going to have a war, they would never be the first ones to start it.
SAMANTHA SMITH Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth.
SAMANTHA SMITH Well, I just hope we can have peace, and I hope it'll do some good.
SAMANTHA SMITH God made the world for us to live together in peace and not fight.
SAMANTHA SMITH The idea of having a house, a kid, a husband, and a dog... I love that. I also really want to open a...
SAM SMITH I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.
SAM SMITH Even now I doubt myself. I don't understand what people hear in my voice. I can't hear it my...
SAM SMITH I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys&...
SAM SMITH Talking about my deepest and darkest secrets to the world makes me feel better. It's cathartic.
SAM SMITH I've made my music so that it could be about anything and everybody - whether it's a guy, a ...
SAM SMITH I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
SAM SMITH It's my job to have ups and downs because it makes good music.
SAM SMITH As a kid, I collected 'Vogue' every month for three years.
SAM SMITH I don't want to think about what I'm doing in 20 years. All I want is I want to be happy, an...
SAM SMITH I used to get very angry as I was getting older, because my voice was breaking. So I've trained ...
SAM SMITH If we're going to go really deep, we're all trying to live forever. My music is my way of do...
SAM SMITH 'Stay With Me,' for me, is my own personal anthem to the 'walk of shame...' that we&...
SAM SMITH I'm a vulnerable, sensitive person. I overthink everything.
SAM SMITH Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-ni...
SAM SMITH It sounds depressing, but I think when you truly love someone, you'll never stop loving them.
SAM SMITH When it comes to age, I just feel like puberty is, like, the most horrible time of anyone's life...
SAM SMITH I don't understand why you have to wear a wedding ring to warn people off. You should be able to...
SAM SMITH I'll be excited when I get my heart broken properly for the first time. I'll be like, 'T...
SAM SMITH When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so ...
SAM SMITH My cross earrings are a mini statement; I wear them every day! My whole dream is to be iconic, and t...
SAM SMITH I'm a melancholy person. It's how I'm always going to be.
SAM SMITH My plan is just to love harder than I've ever loved before, hide nothing, and embrace that I'...
SAM SMITH Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.
LIZ SMITH My uncle Sammy was an angry man. He had printed on his tombstone: What are you looking at?
MARGARET SMITH There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doin...
WILL SMITH The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in ...
WALTER SMITH There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
WALTER SMITH From my own point of view, I hope everybody would realise that people who work in Scottish football ...
WALTER SMITH Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.
WALTER SMITH I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attent...
WALTER SMITH If you can achieve winning a league championship, that, to me, is the full test of the team and mana...
WALTER SMITH Whether people like it or not, you have to say the Old Firm are a major part of Scottish football. I...
WALTER SMITH Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.
WALTER SMITH Just because something is three months away and seems far off, doesn't mean you will want to be ...
JACLYN SMITH I have had to learn about saying no.
JACLYN SMITH I wanted to be a ballet teacher.
JACLYN SMITH I'm not a sex symbol. How could I be with these skinny bowlegs?
JACLYN SMITH I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a p...
JACLYN SMITH My mother lived till she was 95 and never had a line on her face or a frown line. She was beautiful.
JACLYN SMITH I always tell my children, 'You have to face your fear. If not, it's like running from a dog...
JACLYN SMITH Chemotherapy isn't easy. I felt very fortunate I wouldn't have to go through that.
JACLYN SMITH Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 and my daughter is 21 - I still...
JACLYN SMITH Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith.
JACLYN SMITH I don't even think my children are aware of what I've done. When somebody will ask me for my...
JACLYN SMITH I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.
JACLYN SMITH You must understand the texture of your hair before you choose a style.
JACLYN SMITH Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help ke...
JACLYN SMITH I've always been into older homes, even if I have to refurbish or remodel or raise roof lines or...
JACLYN SMITH When I first decided to launch a clothing line, I was pregnant with my daughter Spencer-Margaret, so...
JACLYN SMITH I never looked good in a bikini. My legs were too thin.
JACLYN SMITH Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it th...
JACLYN SMITH It's intimidating to try and pull your home together if you don't have an interior designer.
JACLYN SMITH I think I feel my best - I really feel the fountain of youth is inside, not out - when I'm just ...
JACLYN SMITH You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.
JACLYN SMITH I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I...
JACLYN SMITH Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. In a second, ...
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