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Identity is an assemblage of constellations.
Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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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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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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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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You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.
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In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.
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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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Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.
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I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.
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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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I think it's really important to give yourself a very big question that you're working on that you can come home to.
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I have never been in a violent movie or television show.
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Poverty makes it very difficult in an already competitive world for kids to get on a straight track where they can actually love learning.
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Suddenly in high school, I'm in a predominantly Jewish atmosphere. Jewish people were my gate to white America.
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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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I happen to be a hopeaholic. I tend to look at problems as an opportunity to do some work.
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When I was a kid, my grandfather said that if you say a word often enough, it becomes you. Thinking of that later in life gave me this idea that I could try to become America by learning the words of people from many aspects of the country.
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I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.
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