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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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I feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment.
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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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Those in the margins are always trying to get to the center, and those at the center, frequently in the name of tradition, are trying to keep the margins at a distance.
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I see myself as not a typical theater person, but a person who uses the theater as a place to meet people and explore ideas.
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