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Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.
Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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Each person has a literature inside them.
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Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities.
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Be more than ready. Be present in your discipline. Remember your gift. Be grateful for your gift and treat it like a gift. Cherish it, take care of it, and pass it on.
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I happen to be a hopeaholic. I tend to look at problems as an opportunity to do some work.
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