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Anna Deavere Smith Quotes

I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.

Anna Deavere Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Fool World Upside Down Think Down

I was raised in the Depression, when there was a great sense of dog-eat-dog and people fighting over scraps.

Great Depression People Fighting

I didn't want to get divorced, but at the point where your children are part of it, you have to do something. I would really love it not to have happened because it haunts you, it will never go away, and it is probably the biggest failure, and I have to live with that.

Love Failure Live Children You Want

Birds are hard to draw. I read recently that Katsuhiro Otomo also says he has trouble drawing animals, and while it made me feel better, it didn't make it easier for me.

Me Birds Better Feel Drawing Hard

Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal.

Now Circumstances Behave Only Unreal

The U.S. Senate does not allow legislative provisions to be included in appropriations bills, for much the same reason that most Americans are concerned about earmarks: it creates a slippery slope by which lobbyists and special interest groups can sneak provisions into large, must-pass legislation.

Special Reason Same Legislative

Friends die, friends become demented, friends quarrel, friends drift with old age into silence.

Age Old Age Silence Friends Die Old

Externally China desires independence, internally she seeks to maintain her existence as a nation; China therefore strives to loose the bonds that bind her people, and to complete the establishment of a new State.

Chiang Kai-shek

People Independence New She Nation

I did 'Lonely Hearts' with John Travolta and James Gandolfini. Talk about getting over your fears. These guys were amazing! Also, Cuba Gooding, Jr. is one of my favorites. We've made 3 films together. He is such a generous, giving actor.

Christa Campbell

Together Amazing Lonely Giving Actor

My favorite app is 'StumbleUpon,' because it just gives you interesting things that are sometimes exactly the stuff I'm interested in and sometimes just silly and funny.

Christine Quinn

Funny Interesting Silly You Things

Film school was a privilege I could not afford.

School Privilege Film Film School

I enjoy doing standup, but when I'm 50, I don't know if I'll still enjoy doing standup. It might be one of those things where I find other palettes that I want to paint on and make comedic.

Doing Enjoy Find Know Want Paint

As I understand it, Lacey has dismissed all of the fact checkers.

Sydney Schanberg

Understand Fact Checkers Dismissed

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