Anna Deavere Smith Quotes
I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.Anna Deavere Smith
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
Ingrid Newkirk -
It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
Jackie Mason -
I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
Natalie du Toit -
If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
Ira Glass -
I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
Uwe Boll -
As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
Iggy Azalea
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I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
Garry Kasparov -
I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
Randy Bachman The Guess Who -
As independent filmmakers, we are actually deeply dependent on each other. The Spirit Awards are a public expression of those bonds, the intricate set of relationships and histories that we filmmakers depend on to make our most personal work.
Ira Sachs -
To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
Taylor Kinney -
It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four golf courses. You've got to be the best of that week for the four weeks.
Karrie Webb -
I found the happiest woman in America is between 50 and 55, is happily married, has made significant progress in her career, and lives in a community where she can easily exercise outside. But the most important single thing was she had her last child before she was 35.
Gail Sheehy
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
Aaron Paul -
If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
Baba Kalyani -
You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
Olivia Wilde -
I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
Carles Puigdemont -
Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
Manuel Puig -
By the time I was ten, everyone knew I wanted to be a producer. I was a very precocious little boy.
Cameron Mackintosh
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I'm mad keen on recycling because I'm worried about the next generation and where all this waste we're producing is going. It has to stop. I wash out my plastic containers and recycle envelopes, everything I possibly can.
Cherie Lunghi -
You never forget a trade.
Jodie Whittaker -
My mentality is: I'm going to do it. I'm going to eat a lot of food, and then I'm going to complain about it when I see myself on camera.
Ike Barinholtz -
A lot of new writers assume you have to know the where the story is going and that it flows out as molten gold. But really, sometimes you think you are going to one place, but then you decide that is dumb idea. Then you go somewhere else and it is a worse idea. But then you switch again and you might have a beautiful accident.
Patrick Rothfuss -
When the second record came out, they started calling it The Band. I voted to call it The Crackers. I'm no fool.
Levon Helm -
I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.
Anna Deavere Smith