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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

Topics: Baltimore Because Being Came Course Expectations Generation Having Make People Proud Respectable Something Were Which Who Woman World Would I Came

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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

Topics: About Because Clear Doctors Guarantee Hard Hard Work Lot Money New No Guarantee Optimism Really Think Work I Think

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I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Activity Actually Because Child Corner Friends Got Loved Made Mimic Never Off People Subversive Teacher Trouble Very Way Who

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If I do three interviews in a day, I can be exhausted, because the process of hearing everyone requires that I empty out myself. While I'm listening, my own judgments and prejudices certainly come up. But I know I won't get anything unless I get those things out of the way.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: Anything Because Certainly Come Day Empty Everyone Exhausted Get Hearing Interviews Judgments Know Listening My Own Myself Out Own Prejudices Process Requires Things Those Three Unless Up Way While I Can

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I talk about race a lot. It's been my work ever since I came out of acting school. But it's true that in a way talking about race is a taboo. Because so many of our debates about race have to do not with race but with what we are willing to see, what we will not see and what we don't want to see.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: About Acting Acting School Because Been Came Debates Ever Lot Many Our Out Race School See Since Taboo Talk Talking True Want Way Will Willing Work I Came

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Many people are afraid to talk about race because it's so emotionally loaded. We don't have the vocabulary to talk about it. Every day, our vocabulary seems more and more inadequate.

~Anna Deavere Smith

Topics: About Afraid Because Day Emotionally Every Every Day Inadequate Loaded Many More More And More Our People Race Seems Talk Vocabulary

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Growing up, I wanted to be a journalist. I was in love with Lisa Ling, who's a broadcast journalist and who travels the world. I used to read all of her articles and watch her when she'd go to China or South Africa or Australia. I thought that was the coolest job because she got to travel and tell people's stories.

~Anna Diop

Topics: Africa Articles Australia Because Broadcast China Coolest Go Got Growing Growing Up Her Job Journalist Love People Read She South South Africa Stories Tell Thought Travel Travels Up Used Wanted Watch Who World

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I like going after work back to Brooklyn because it is so much more relaxed and chill.

~Anna Ewers

Topics: After Back Because Brooklyn Chill Going Like More Much Relaxed Work

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I try to not wash my hair a lot because it takes the moisture out of the hair. If I don't work, I wash it every two or three days. I don't brush my hair after I wash it, and I let dry naturally.

~Anna Ewers

Topics: After Because Brush Days Dry Every Hair Lot Naturally Out Takes Three Try Two Wash Work

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One of the things that comedy has given me over the years is a really good ability to laugh at myself and to not take things that don't matter too much too seriously. I feel that very little offends me anymore and I'm really grateful for that because I think I was a pretty uptight little kid.

~Anna Faris

Topics: Ability Anymore Because Comedy Feel Given Good Grateful Kid Laugh Little Little Kid Matter Me Much Myself Offends One Of The Things Over Pretty Really Seriously Take Things Think Too Too Much Uptight Very Years I Think I Feel

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