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Desperation, weakness, vulnerability - these things will always be exploited. You need to protect the weak, ring-fence them, with something far stronger than empathy.
Zadie Smith
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Zadie Smith
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
Essayist
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London
England
Zadie Adeline Smith
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