"In a whisper he began begging for—and, as……" — Zadie Smith
"In a whisper he began begging for—and, as the sun set, received—the concession people always beg for: a little more time."
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191 Quotes by Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith has 191 quotes on this site.
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It was in the air, or so it seemed to Kiki, this hatred of women and their bodies- it seeped…
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A writer's duty is to register what it is like for him or her to be in the world.
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Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most…
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Our children will be born of our actions. Our accidents will become their destinies. Oh, the actions will remain. It…
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But it makes an immigrant laugh to hear the fears of the nationalist, scared of infection, penetration, miscegenation, when this…
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Most of the cruelty in the world is just misplaced energy.
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Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation’. You can either write good sentences or you can’t. There is no ‘writer’s lifestyle’. All that…
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Sometimes I think my whole professional life has been based on this hunch I had, early on, that many people…
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I remember so clearly, in the early days, if I had to do a piece of press, they'd phone for…
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It's gotten to a point where everybody is concerned about their rights and nobody is concerned about their duties.
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Work on a computer that is disconnected from the internet.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a…
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More Beg Quotes
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Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without…
— Teresa of Avila
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There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or…
— Lord Acton
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I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find…
— Glenn Beck
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I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their…
— Bernard Berenson
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If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.
— Johannes Brahms
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Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and…
— William S. Burroughs
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I would rather clean than beg.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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I beg you to speak of Woman as you do of the Negro, speak of her as a human being,…
— Susan B. Anthony
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Whether we like it or not, asking is the rule of the Kingdom. If you may have everything by asking…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Black! Black! Black! I am proud of being a Negro. Nor have I ever tried to beg tolerance from anyone.…
— Unknown Author
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Where all your rights become only an accumulated wrong; where men must beg with bated breath for leave to subsist…
— Roger Casement
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