Anna Deavere Smith Quotes
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Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals; but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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Someone like Amy Poehler, I don't know, but I feel like I know her. I think everyone feels like they know her.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie.
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MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.
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I want to be an activist professor.
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I'm very tomboy, and I'm inspired by hip hop artists.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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Basically, I tend to see the world differently to other people, and I write books and stories to alter the imagination of people so that they also see the world in a different way.
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My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my father had made five films that lost money. One of the films he made was 'Agneepath,' which was hugely hyped but underwhelming at the box office, and I remember that my dad had to sell my grandmother's flat to pay off the loan.
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You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.
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I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.'
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I want Bolivians to support their president.
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Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that.
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The biggest thing I have realized was that you have to choose your collaborators very carefully, and that not everybody can like you. The process of filmmaking is so difficult, there's no point in doing it unless you can do it the way you want.
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In 1958, I was a delegate to the Atoms for Peace conference in Geneva.
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That is why I came to conclusion that the election must take place, so that the republic can have a government. If I were to say that everything will change for the better immediately, that would not be true. The struggle will continue for a long time.
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The Joker is my favorite villain of all time.
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Over time, my students have gotten richer and more educated.
