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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• 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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• 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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• Running back was always my favorite position.

  

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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 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