Anna Deavere Smith Quotes

I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a cherished image.

Anna Deavere Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeFatherRememberImagePrism

I'm fascinated by rap and by hip-hop. I think there's a lot of poetry in it. There's a lot of anger, a lot of social energy in it. And I think you'd better listen to it pretty carefully, 'cause it's important.

John F. Kerry

AngerPoetryEnergyThinkBetter

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

Sophocles

EvilWhoUnwillingly

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Robertson Davies

DoubtFanaticism

My face hasn't matured as I've grown up, and neither has my sense of humour. In the mirror, I see an older version of myself as a child, although I do have more wrinkles and freckles.

Jasmine Guinness

MirrorMyselfChildFaceWrinkles

A new state, if it wants to join the European Union, has to apply to become a member of the European Union like any state.

Jose Manuel Barroso

NewBecomeUnionLikeJoinApply

Most of the time, comparing printed song lyrics with poems is like comparing recipes with food: that's to say, patently unfair.

Jonathan Miles

TimeFoodSongSayUnfairRecipes

I didn't know initially whether I'd like doing TV and whether I'd be able to work with other people. I've always done my own thing. I've never put myself into that situation, but it's the most fun I've had in years.

Dolores O'Riordan

WorkMyselfFunPeopleDoingKnow

Women's empowerment, whether through legal, financial, or cultural routes, will tend to increase their agency and their ability to take part in activism.

Deeyah Khan

WomenFinancialLegalEmpowerment

There is a class of persons whose souls are essentially non-conductors to the electricity of sentiment, and whose minds seem to be filled with their own train of thinking, convictions, and purposes to the exclusion of everything else.

William Godwin

ThinkingElectricityTrainClassOwn

You've got to just go do what you do - you can't really worry about who was attached to the movie before.

Scott Speedman

WorryYouGoGotJustWho

I think most actors are shy. I really do. The greatest actors can disappear. I had friends call me the Blend-In Man.

Rip Torn

ManMeThinkFriendsShyDisappear

There's horror in your life, believe me, whether it's coming, or you've just been lucky to miss it today.

Nicolas Roeg

LifeTodayMeBelieveYouLucky

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Anna Deavere Smith