Quotes of Anna Deavere Smith

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I think that's just the dichotomy of the theater, who funds and who comes to watch.

- Anna Deavere Smith

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“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Let me take you from Miss to Mrs ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ Fear lies. Save love. ”

- Arif Naseem

“ The more one judges, the less one loves. ”

- Honore de Balzac

“ I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. ”

- Charlotte Bronte

“ Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ”

- Erica Jong

“ Where wild souls meet wild lovers is where hurricanes are made. ”

- ventum

“ Money can buy you a fine dog, but only love can make him wag his tail. ”

- Ellen DeGeneres

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. ”

- Socrates

“ Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling. ”

- Anthony de Mello

“ Love is a panacea for a wound that never stops weeping. ”

- Kilroy J. Oldster

“ Be Brave, Be Bold! Never allow fear to dictate your choices. Use your VOICE & trust in your abilities. ”

- Rosalie Bardo

“ The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ And, in the end… The love you take is equal to the love you make. ”

- Paul McCartney

“ A successful marriage requires falling in love many times always with the same person. ”

- Mignon McLaughlin

“ It’s only after you’ve stepped outside your comfort zone that you begin to change, grow, and transform. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. ”

- Dalai Lama XIV

“ Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ I find it odd the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ The only shortcut I have found to life is to sharpen my teeth on the bones of the wise. ”

- Vic Stah Milien

“ feeling upset? look up a lover ”

- Arif Naseem