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Anna Deavere Smith Quotes

People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.

Anna Deavere Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Power People Mouth Find Right Out

In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.

American Devoted Found Forces Ally

I always had more women working for me than men.

Jerry Della Femina

Women Men Me More Always Working

There is something to grace and deportment, but you determine that for yourself. That's something you own.

Yourself Grace You Own Something

In my first 15 or 20 years of authorship, I was almost never asked to give a speech or an interview. The written work was supposed to speak for itself, and to sell itself, sometimes even without the author's photograph on the back flap.

Work Speak Speech Back Sometimes

If it has more than three chords, it's jazz.

Three Jazz More Chords Than

I tend to start with a full set of lyrics, and then my producer, Joel Little, and I work on the music collaboratively.

Work Music Start Producer Little

'Johnny' was a coping mechanism who could take those things which could have ordinarily destroyed me, by tweaking my past and throwing it back out there, getting laughs from things that would have otherwise upset me.

Past Me Back Upset Out Coping

Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Nature Sad Eyes Tears Better See

When I look back over my novels what I find is that when I think I'm finished with a theme, I'm generally not. And usually themes will recur from novel to novel in odd, new guises.

Think Look Back Find New Will

Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.

Change Better Without Worse Made

Few men during their lifetime comes anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

Richard E. Byrd

Strength Men Deep Never Resources

There is no reason that a cell phone should cost double in Israel what it does abroad.

Cell Phone Phone Reason Double Cost

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