Anna Deavere Smith Quotes

Because of the generation in which I came into the world, there were expectations. Of course there were expectations. It was something having to do with being a respectable Negro woman who would make the people in Baltimore proud.

Anna Deavere Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomanPeopleWorldProudGeneration

I'm a huge reader... I'm a big book nerd. I go through, like, two books a week.

Jodie Sweetin

BookWeekGoTwoThroughBig

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.

John Grisham

LawyerPrisonClientsMy OwnFault

I've got four or five records in my head at a time that I try to work on and I would like to do a guitar trio record next - since The Police I've mostly made records with keyboards.

Andy Summers

WorkTimePoliceGuitarTryHead

We can help companies committed to addressing global challenges such as climate change.

Ana Patricia Botin

ChangeChallengesHelpClimate Change

If you don't want to be a slave, stop acting like a slave.

Stefan Molyneux

YouActingStopWantSlaveLike

It's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people.

Steve Jobs

TechnologyFaithPeople

I'll read on Twitter, 'Do you still do music?' Music is all I do, all day.

Mike Posner

MusicDayYouStillReadTwitter

There are certain ways of being that people don't find acceptable or very pleasant in regular life, but you go out on stage and do pretty much the same thing and they find it spellbinding.

Michael Shannon

LifePeopleYouFindGoStage

I watch mostly documentaries and things that aren't remotely funny.

Christopher Guest

FunnyThingsWatchDocumentaries

I'm not going to run around uselessly spending money. It's a matter of choosing your charity. Some people choose themselves. For me, that is not enough.

Claude Picasso

MoneyPeopleMeCharityChooseRun

I think it's so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully.

Ariana Grande

LoveTreatThinkImportantTo Love

The eye sees what it brings the power to see.

Thomas Carlyle

PowerEyeSeeBringsSees

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