Anna Deavere Smith Quotes About Country

Quotes about: Country

• President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.

  Anna Deavere Smith

  Inspirational, Country, Art

  "Put a Face on It" by Anna Deavere Smith, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 22, 2013.

• When I was a kid, my grandfather said that "if you say a word often enough, it becomes you." Thinking of that later in life gave me this idea that I could try to become America by learning the words of people from many aspects of the country.

  Anna Deavere Smith

  Country, Kids, Thinking

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• Some people study a text very deeply. The people are my text. I study their words and what their words sound like, over and over again. When I was a kid, my grandfather said that "if you say a word often enough, it becomes you." Thinking of that later in life gave me this idea that I could try to become America by learning the words of people from many aspects of the country. It doesn't matter how educated they are. By living in the world and living their experiences, they bring extraordinary truths. I try to do those truths justice.

  Anna Deavere Smith

  Country, Kids, Thinking

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• I mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated.

  Anna Deavere Smith

  Country, Smart, Mean

  "Anna Deavere Smith: Let Me Down Easy". Interview with Steve Mirsky, www.scientificamerican.com. December 20, 2010.

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