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Anna Deavere Smith Quotes: I think it's really important to give yourself a very big question that you're working on that you can come home to.
         

I think it's really important to give yourself a very big question that you're working on that you can come home to.


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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 beyond what I see to give people visions of what could be.'



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Be more than ready. Be present in your discipline. Remember your gift. Be grateful for your gift and treat it like a gift. Cherish it, take care of it, and pass it on.



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