Anna Deavere Smith Quotes
Because of the generation in which I came into the world, there were expectations. Of course there were expectations. It was something having to do with being a respectable Negro woman who would make the people in Baltimore proud.
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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the dumps, other people may still help you, but I've noticed that they're walking, not running, over to you.
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If somebody told me you'd be a one and a half billion dollar company and be the largest in the world, I wouldn't have believed it myself.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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You just have to take control of your own performance.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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Peyton Royce and Billie Kay are two phenomenal workers; I would love to see them up here on Smackdown. They're great girls with great talent. A bit of momentum, and we're going to see amazing things from them.
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The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.
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My family is from Nigeria, and my full name is Uzoamaka, which means 'The road is good.'
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I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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Oh my gosh, if I could be on '30 Rock', my life would be made. That is my favorite show. My absolute favorite show.
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I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have to have the capitals' broad agreement with what I do.
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Philosophy was once considered science.
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The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States.
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Vote, v. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman.
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I grew up shopping from farm stands. Dad taught me how to smell a good cantaloupe and thump a watermelon for ripeness.
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Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.
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I think that with our 'Made in America' segments, where we go out to these factories all around the country, is essentially giving people a high-five and signal to them that we're in this together.
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Because of the generation in which I came into the world, there were expectations. Of course there were expectations. It was something having to do with being a respectable Negro woman who would make the people in Baltimore proud.
