Exposed Quote by Anna Deavere Smith

“I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.”

Anna Deavere Smith

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Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities.

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

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