"Then everyone leaves, and you are left, each night, to your own devices with a crowd of interesting people - most of whom you don't know - sitting in the dark."

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Source : Anna Deavere Smith (2001). “Talk to Me: Listening Between the Lines”, p.134, Random House

Anna Deavere Smith

#Dark Quotes #Night Quotes #People Quotes

“Any [political] party without principles is rudderless and passive.”
“There is always pressure in this game and outside of it but as long as you control what you can control the pressure will be used to my advantage, like what the saying goes 'no pressure, no diamonds'.”
“If I owned a Rembrandt and it had some dull colors, I don't think I'd go put reds and yellows in there just to brighten it up. I feel the same way about old golf courses. When you have a masterpiece, I sure wouldn't tinker with it.”
“Is this really Butte, Montana, or just existential blues?”
“I have a journalism degree, but I'd rather be the person who is being written about rather than the person who is writing.”
“But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas.”
“People like to help, providing they can do it reasonably easily”

Source : Liz Miller (2010). “Mood Mapping: Plot your way to emotional health and happiness”, p.129, Pan Macmillan
“I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights.”

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