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Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure and not squander on our way through life in the small coin of empty words or in exact and priggish argument.
When I got out of acting school I was lucky to have gotten any job at all. A lot of people hiring African American actresses - it was right after 'Roots ' and for society not me it was great. Nice richly dark-skinned people was the fashion and I was not.
Quotes By Anna Deavere Smith
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I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends...
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My main concern is theater and theater does not reflect or mirror society....
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To live your life well and have respect for what came before or after -...
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Movies as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans...
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I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are...
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President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art...
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I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists...
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I think it's really important to give yourself a very big question that...
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The American idea is as promising imaginative and full of the unexpected as...
Quotes About Society
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I want a society that provides decent jobs for those who can work and decent...
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That a society controls to a greater or lesser extent the behavior of its...
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Europeans say they are proud of their social fabric of strong rights for...
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences...
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I think human society for tens of thousands of years has sent young men out...
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In emerging democracies like Russia in authoritarian states like Iran or...
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Well you got to remember bin Laden killed 3 000 Americans and in some ways...
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You shouldn't get to live in society and give nothing back. People complain...
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Traditional Albanian society was based on a clan system and was further...