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People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it.
Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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I am not myself I am the potential of myself.
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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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We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that fact causes you despair . . . pick another profession. Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities . . . We have to create our own standards of discipline.
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Use your time to bathe yourself in the gift. Move your hand across the canvas. Go to museums. Make this into an obsession.
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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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That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.
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You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.
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Confidence is the mark of a hopeful disposition.
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I have never been in a violent movie or television show.
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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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Each person has a literature inside them. But when people lose language, when they have to experiment with putting their thoughts together on the spot-that's what I love most. That's where character lives.
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Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration of an inner-value with things in the world around you.
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Perhaps art is a quest for the perfect, or even the imperfect. Reality always falls short on both sides.
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