Anna Deavere Smith Quotes
I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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Barberries, or zereshk, are tiny dried red fruit with a tremendously sharp flavour. They come from Iran, where they're used to add freshness to rice and chicken dishes.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov -
I like being unconventional.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
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It's about us going out there trying to impose our game on them and them trying to do the same to us and whoever does best will come out best.
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Not a lot of people watch cable news, they just don't.
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There are many examples in our history of overheated rhetoric leading to fear and prejudice and government overreach. My own grandfather, a sociologist, was dragged in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee. He said he wasn't a Communist and explained that American Negroes were patriots like everyone else.
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I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.
