Anna Deavere Smith Quotes
My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.Anna Deavere Smith
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Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?
Barton Gellman -
It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
Ferdinand Mount -
I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
Lara Flynn Boyle -
I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
Larry Hagman -
Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
Kat Graham
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A Lawyer will do anything to win a case, sometimes he will even tell the truth.
Patrick Murray -
Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily life are always more convincing than the political fantasies of the earlier generations.
Orhan Pamuk -
I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
Farrah Fawcett -
We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.
Viktor Orban -
Presidents are nice people. They're nice, fun-loving people who have great jobs.
Dan Jenkins -
Hollywood is something imagined... acting is something crafted.
Laura Vandervoort
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It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
Flip Wilson -
On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
Victoria Moran -
Is an out-of-control life challenge making you feel 'out of control' over your entire life? If so, stop lying around doing nothing. Stop sleeping late. Stop watching too much TV. Start recognizing that this lack of a disciplined schedule will only increase your feelings of being out of control of your life.
Karen Salmansohn -
How do you possibly say that a cover band is better than the band that created and wrote the material? It's absurd.
Eddie Trunk -
My father managed shopping malls when I was a kid, and my high school job was to dress up in an elf costume and take photos of kids sitting on Santa Claus's lap.
Karen Duffy -
It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.
Carl Jung
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Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them.
Aaron Spelling -
Born to a tribal Bedouin family of nomadic desert shepherds in the region of Tripoli, Gaddafi was profoundly anti-colonialist. It is affirmed that his paternal grandfather died fighting against the Italian invaders when Libya was invaded by them in 1911.
Fidel Castro -
As long as I can contribute, I'll continue working.
Yusuf Hamied -
The secret is to cook the aubergines the day before and let them dry of all the oil they drank in cooking. When you cook aubergine, they eat a lot of oil. It can be very heavy.
Nana Mouskouri -
Fencing made me feel for the first time like a winner.
Neil Diamond -
My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.
Anna Deavere Smith