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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.
Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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Learning is a tunnel experience that makes us think more broadly.
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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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Even jealousy is based on fantasies: a fantasy that someone else has what belongs to you.
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Art simply can’t be stopped.
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I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.
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You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.
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Identity is an assemblage of constellations.
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My work is about giving voice to the unheard, and reiterating the voice of the heard in such a way that you question, or re-examine, what is the truth.
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