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I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.
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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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.
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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 happen to be a hopeaholic. I tend to look at problems as an opportunity to do some work.
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We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric.
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