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Anna Deavere Smith Inspirational Quotes (84)

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I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.
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Somehow we can't live outside the politics of race. There's something very deep in all of us, that is taught to us when we are very, very little. Which is the disrespect and fear of the other.
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You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.
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I am not myself I am the potential of myself.
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My job in my work is not to acquire power it's to question power.
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What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.
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You are an explorer. You understand that every time you go into the studio, you are after something that does not yet exist.
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If I do three interviews in a day, I can be exhausted, because the process of hearing everyone requires that I empty out myself. While I'm listening, my own judgments and prejudices certainly come up. But I know I won't get anything unless I get those things out of the way.
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I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.
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If you think about what acting is supposed to be, my job is to disappear.
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I see myself as not a typical theater person, but a person who uses the theater as a place to meet people and explore ideas.
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Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.
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