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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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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 don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.
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Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going to go beyond what I see to give people visions of what could be.'
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Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.
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I think what I am is a convener I like to convene people around ideas.
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Even jealousy is based on fantasies: a fantasy that someone else has what belongs to you.
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Probably the person who said the only color in Los Angeles is green was right.
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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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I call the language of political figures, pundits and administrators the haute couture of language.
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Each person has a literature inside them.
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I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.
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You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time.
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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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I am lucky: I have fantastic doctors and a fantastic dentist.
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Then everyone leaves, and you are left, each night, to your own devices with a crowd of interesting people - most of whom you don't know - sitting in the dark.
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People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.
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