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Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities.
Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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Even jealousy is based on fantasies: a fantasy that someone else has what belongs to you.
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I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.
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Confidence is the mark of a hopeful disposition.
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