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I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Get Interview Job Lot Out Talk Way

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Each person has a literature inside them.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Each Inside Literature Person Them

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In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Another Around Bodies Instruments Lot One Way People Profession Way Whose

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You hang around actors, or dancers, the minute you sneeze, everybody has a remedy, and we're all on a million different kinds of diets, and different kinds of things that we do for exercise.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Actor Around Dancers Diets Different Different Kinds Everybody Exercise Hang Kinds Million Minute Remedy Sneeze Things You

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I see myself first and foremost as a student of expression.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Expression First Foremost Myself See Student I See

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We owe the government taxes. We owe our creditors interest. What do these powers owe us?

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Creditors Government Interest Our Owe Powers Taxes Us

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You know, all kinds of people inspire me.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Inspire Kinds Know Me People You

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I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: About Across Caring Folks Helps Leadership More Need Next Part Person Remember Right Than Think Us Way I Think

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For me, first of all, I love people, I love ideas.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: First First Of All Ideas Love Me People I Love

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I love studying how people are. Not just what they're saying, but how they are, what they're doing.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Doing How Just Love People Saying Studying I Love

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: September 18th, 1950

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