Anna Deavere Smith Quotes

I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.

Anna Deavere Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkHard WorkMoneyOptimismThink

I just go out and play golf.

Jimmy Walker

GolfPlayGoOutJustPlay Golf

Satisfying every vision that fans have is probably impossible.

John Harrison

VisionImpossibleFansEvery

If you play an instrument, it makes you a better singer. The more you play, the better you sing, the more you sing, the better you play.

Amy Winehouse

BetterYouPlayMoreSingerSing

To build an empire - or win seven Tour de Frances in a row - you must have a Lone Star-size ego and a dash of megalomania.

Stephen Rodrick

WinEgoYouBuildEmpireMust

You make kingdoms and castles on your own.

Stephan Jenkins

YouCastlesOwnMakeYourKingdoms

Even if people just change two or three things that they are able to sustain over time, it makes quite a difference eventually.

Tom Rath

ChangeTimePeopleThreeTwoOver

I'm not defined by baseball. I'd love for the Hall of Fame to happen, but if it doesn't, my life won't change. I'll still be coaching my boy's games.

Tom Glavine

LifeLoveChangeBaseballMy Life

I just don't like the whole Hollywood thing.

Robert Carlyle

HollywoodWholeJustLikeThing

I'm the son of two Holocaust survivors. As a child, I heard from one of my parents' best friends about living through Mengele's infamous selection process at Auschwitz. He haunted my nightmares.

Ronen Bergman

SonBestChildParentsFriendsTwo

The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.

Matt Blunt

PastPresentStandPoliticalAbove

I've always been apprehensive about doing comic books, period.

Columbus Short

DoingAlwaysBeenBooksComicAbout

Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.

Chuck D

MusicArtCulturePeopleReality

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