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He traced the genealogy of the feeling.

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Zadie Smith
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Zadie Adeline Smith
Genealogy
Traced
Feeling
Feelings

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An essential part of power is the freedom not to think too deeply
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I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific.
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One thing you learn about the novel as a form is that it's always smarter than you are.
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The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action.
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It's got two aspects. The bit that involves the public life I could not really tolerate and cannot really tolerate. I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that.
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You say you want to talk, But you don't . You stonewall me.
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