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Anna Deavere Smith has 85 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Confidence is the mark of a hopeful disposition.
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I am not myself; I am the potential of myself.
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The individuals inside are frequently fighting that their individual voices be heard, while the walls of the place, which are the mask,…
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Even jealousy is based on fantasies: a fantasy that someone else has what belongs to you.
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Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.
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We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that…
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Art simply can’t be stopped.
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What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to…
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My work is about giving voice to the unheard, and reiterating the voice of the heard in such a way that you…
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Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going to go…
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Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is an integration…
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Somehow we can't live outside the politics of race. There's something very deep in all of us, that is taught to us…
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Popular Talk About Race quotes from across the collection:
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If you talk about race, it does not make you a racist. If you see distinctions between the genders, it does not…
— Charlton Heston
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Why must we always talk about race anyway? Can't we just be human beings? And Professor Hunk replied - that is exactly…
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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I intend to talk about race during this election in the South because the Republicans have been talking about it since 1968…
— Howard Dean
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You cannot talk about race without talking about privilege. And when people start talking about privilege, they get paralyzed by shame.
— Brené Brown
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Here's the thing. When we talk about race relations in America or racial progress, it's all nonsense. There are no race relations.…
— Chris Rock
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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.…
— Anna Deavere Smith
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Traditionally, I have no right to talk about race. I'm white; I didn't grow up in an all-black neighborhood. But the license…
— Sarah Silverman
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You know, you can talk about race, you can talk about sex, you can talk about your biopsy. But when you get…
— George Saunders
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I heard about the book and I said, 'Oh my god, I've got to read this book,' and I didn't know that…
— Viola Davis
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