We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric. (Anna Deavere Smith)

We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric.

Anna Deavere Smith

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