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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I very much hope that today's decision will be in effect for just a short period. I hope ... we will be able to bring a new government to parliament for approval as quickly as possible.
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We need to work our level best in this legislative session to help grow Montana's economy, so that grandchildren can stay in Montana, grandchildren can visit their grandmother and grandfather by driving across town, not flying across the country.
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Before a match, I need to be alone. I need to reach concentration and focus on the game ahead of me.
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The release of 'Lungs' was so hard. It was terrifying, because it was the first time doing everything. The first experiences of media exposure were almost paralysing. I spent a lot of time crying on the floor of the studio – it sent me a bit mad.
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By refocusing our space program on Mars for America's future, we can restore the sense of wonder and adventure in space exploration that we knew in the summer of 1969. We won the moon race; now it's time for us to live and work on Mars, first on its moons and then on its surface.
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Over time, my students have gotten richer and more educated.
