Anna Deavere Smith Quotes

Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound touchy-feely; it is not. It is very hard work.

Anna Deavere Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkHard WorkHeartListeningYou

When evil acts in the world it always manages to find instruments who believe that what they do is not evil but honorable.

Max Lerner

EvilWorldBelieveFindAlwaysWho

It would be a much better country if women did not vote. That is simply a fact.

Ann Coulter

WomenBetterCountryVoteWouldDid

And 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' was a very transitional film for me in that I was one of the producers and you know, came up with the idea with the writer and the producer, as well. But, it was a very collaborative event. You know, I really love working in that way.

Andy Serkis

LoveMeYouSexKnowRock

When people spot Fallon in public, they do not shriek or drool or go wobbly in the knees. It's a different look entirely. A tilt of the head, mouth agape, eyebrows rolled like you do when you see a puppy.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

PeopleYouMouthLookGoPuppy

People like me, whose income largely comes from dividends, should pay more taxes.

Mian Muhammad Mansha

PeopleMeMoreTaxesPayIncome

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.

John W. Gardner

EducationSchoolBuildingsGoalWill

Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by a reliable if not scenic route, we have delivered. Technique is optional.

Stacy Schiff

MountainStoryLiteratureDownUp

I had no aspirations to be a musician, but I picked up a guitar for two seconds and haven't put it down since.

Slash

GuitarDownTwoUpAspirationsPut

We just wrote songs that seemed good to us. We wrote the album in like two weeks. We could have had more time, but we accomplished what we needed to in the two weeks.

Travis Barker

GoodTimeMoreTwoUsJust

During the day I don't wear much makeup.

Denise Richards

DayMakeupWearMuch

In business, you try to solve problems.

Bob Corker

BusinessProblemsYouTrySolve

For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. alcoholic beverage industry. In 2005, craft beer experienced a 9 percent increase in volume, nearly triple that of the growth experienced in the wine and spirits industry.

Sherwood Boehlert

GrowthBeerWineYearGrowingCraft

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