Anna Deavere Smith Quotes
I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker; I just didn't have the resources to do that.
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I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
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Rick Santorum is the grandson of a coal miner. His dad was the manager of a V.A. hospital.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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I think feminism's a bit misinterpreted. It was about casting off all gender roles. There's nothing wrong with a man holding a door open for a girl. But we sort of threw away all the rules, so everybody's confused. And dating becomes a sloppy, uncomfortable, unpleasant thing.
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I just sing. But I have a fun hobby: I love to do archery. I'm pretty good on target. I'm not sure about the distances - maybe only 7 or 10 feet, so far, but I've scored the bull's eye several times, but usually always hit the target.
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I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
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When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.
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My grandma would say if someone else calls you a hillbilly, you might need to punch them in the nose. But if we call ourselves hillbillies, it's a sort of a term of endearment, something that we have co-opted.
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As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've done that all my life.
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It's part of me, Scotland. I'm still immersed in it even though I am not there.
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I'm just like any person who is coaching in this league, I'm just looking for an opportunity, that's all.
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If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D.
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The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.
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The truth sustains me.
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For better or worse, we have evolved for sure, but we've also maintained a certain core about who we are, which is we were raised on late '50s and early '60s rock n' roll and R&B, and you can always hear that throughout. And that's just always been who we were. As much as we've evolved, that's stayed the same.
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I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004.
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The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.
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I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.
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He looked like something that had gotten loose from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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The feedback I get is that my books are honest. I don't sugar-coat anything. Life is really hard.
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I would love to have been a documentary filmmaker; I just didn't have the resources to do that.
