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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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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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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Here's an interesting thing about L.A. - it's overrun with black widow spiders. I could find you one on the street in 10 minutes.
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A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.
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The hardest part of writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was probably the sheer amount of iambic pentameter and tiptoeing around certain scenes I knew would be hot-button issues for 'Star Wars' fans.
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'The September Issue' is really a film about Anna Wintour's relationship with long time 'Vogue' Creative Director Grace Coddington. The two of them have been working together for two decades, and the extraordinary symbiosis between them has left an indelible mark on the fashion industry.
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I don't regret anything I've ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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Over time, my students have gotten richer and more educated.
