Anna Deavere Smith Quotes

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.

Anna Deavere Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 18, 1950

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A movie like 'The Apartment' is beautifully directed, but you can't put your finger on why it's such a good movie. It just is, because of all these things that Billy Wilder is subtly doing. That level of filmmaking is something I aspire to.

John Hamburg

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Probably Lloyd in 'Say Anything' is the closest to me - or to who I was at the time. It was just a great love story about people in the '80s, and we all tried to make it feel as real as possible. It was such a wonderful time. We didn't leave anything in the gym; we put it all out there.

John Cusack

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I am joining the government not from the academic position but from St. Petersburg city council.

Anatoly Chubais

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Swish: A made basket. Swoosh: The Nike logo. Swish-swoosh, swish-swoosh, swish-swoosh: A thousand coaches in nylon tracksuits, walking through hotel lobbies at the Final Four.

Steve Rushin

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Oh, I was super serious about practicing and rudiments, and still am. I still have all my books.

Travis Barker

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Ryan Murphy and I share our love of horror and musicals. I think those things somehow go together.

Jason Blum

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What would it take for me to eat human flesh? If that was the only way to stay alive, I would. I would eat anything.

Dominic Monaghan

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For whatever reason, from a young age I've always been able to shoot images and cut them together with sound in a way that was very engaging.

Colin Trevorrow

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If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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I came here because I wanted to live the American dream that I had heard of. And I'm a perfect example. I came to New York; I knew no one. I've made a career, a life, so I still believe in that.

Prabal Gurung

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Before the film begins shooting, in your head, you need to be the character. You have to convince yourself somehow.

Sushant Singh Rajput

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The inattention of the Bush administration to the threat from al Qaeda had results. Shortly before 9/11, Bush's attorney general, John Ashcroft, turned down FBI requests for some 400 additional counterterrorism personnel.

Peter Bergen

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