Anna Deavere Smith Quotes
I think it's really important to give yourself a very big question that you're working on that you can come home to, even if you, you know, are going to have to go without a cup of coffee or even a meal, that that should nourish you.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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I don't think I'm anti-Israeli.
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When people go through something rough in life, they say, 'I'm taking it one day at a time.' Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.
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I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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A designer is like a doctor for a woman. He has a specific job, and if he is doing it well, he will have the gratitude of the woman for the rest of his life.
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It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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I have an incomplete album that I want to finish. I have been thinking about the plan during my days in jail, I have sung rock n' roll for forty years. After jail, I will continue to rock n' roll.
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If my wife was to say, 'Honey, I'd like you to go to PSG', I would have to take it into account.
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A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
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I have a sweet tooth for song and music. This is my Polish sin.
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Imagination is the hotbed where this sin is too often hatched. Guard your thoughts, and there will be little fear about your actions.
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If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
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Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.
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I think it's really important to give yourself a very big question that you're working on that you can come home to, even if you, you know, are going to have to go without a cup of coffee or even a meal, that that should nourish you.
