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Work Quotes by Anna Deavere Smith
- My work is about giving voice to the unheard, and reiterating the voice of the heard in such a way that you question, or re-examine,…
- They say that art should stand the test of time. Life lasts a limited amount of time. Mountains and trees and earth will outlive human…
- My job in my work is not to acquire power; it's to question power.
- What my work is, is my approach to it. It's the practice. And my work is about the effort that I make to get there.…
- Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound…
- I feel like my work has been my path to freedom from having grown up in a segregated environment.
- 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…
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- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and… — Lance Armstrong
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me… — Lucille Ball