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“My grandfather told me when I was a little girl, ‘If you say a word often enough, it becomes you.’”
— Anna Deavere SmithAnna Deavere Smith: Four American characters
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“So you ask about a defining moment — ain’t no defining moment in American history for me. It’s an accretion of moments that add up to where we are now, where trivia becomes news. And more and more, less and less awareness of the pain of the other.”
— Anna Deavere Smith performing as author Studs TerkelAnna Deavere Smith: Four American characters
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“I don’t wear shoes [while performing] just in case I feel like I have to cuddle up and get into the feet of somebody, walk in somebody else’s shoes.”
— Anna Deavere SmithAnna Deavere Smith: Four American characters
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