Anna Deavere Smith Quotes

I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a cherished image.

Anna Deavere Smith

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• Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.

  

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• I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.

  

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• If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.

  

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• When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.

  

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• We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.

  

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• Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.

  

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• Running back was always my favorite position.

  

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• You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.

  

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• Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.

  

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• You have to know you can first. How comes later.

  

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• I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.

  

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• Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.

  

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• The first job I got was this TV job in this show called 'The Unusuals.' Then I did a play called 'Slipping,' and at the same time I was rehearsing another play at Playwrights Horizons, and that kind of snowballed into a bunch of plays.

  

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• When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.

  

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• I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.

  

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• I do comedy at a lot of colleges, and at the end of those shows, I take time to be a little more real with audiences. I try to inspire them to follow their dreams. When I was that age, it was incredible to hear stuff like that.

  

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• No dictator can last forever. History shows that in the end, people around the dictator bring about change. Of course, a lot of high-ranking officials don't want change because they want to keep power. But there are other good people who want change. I believe they are waiting for the chance.

  

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• To me, everything is always new. People involved in my personal life make fun of me a lot for not being jaded.

  

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• Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can respect yourself for the rest of your life.

  

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• I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard.

  

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• I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a cherished image.

  

  Anna Deavere Smith
  • Life
  • Remember
  • Father