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I happen to be a hopeaholic. I tend to look at problems as an opportunity to do some work.
Anna Deavere Smith
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Anna Deavere Smith
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 18
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I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.
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That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.
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If you say a word often enough it becomes you.
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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 am not myself I am the potential of myself.
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Even jealousy is based on fantasies: a fantasy that someone else has what belongs to you.
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