Poverty makes it very difficult in an already competitive world for kids to get on a straight track where they can actually love learning.
Anna Deavere SmithPeople in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.
Anna Deavere SmithHope 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.'
Anna Deavere Smith