A Quote by Anna Deavere Smith

I see myself first and foremost as a student of expression.

Anna Deavere Smith

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Anna Deavere Smith
American - Actress
Born: September 18, 1950

I see myself as a student. I would never call myself a master or a maestro. If you take the path of the student, that means you have to try a little bit of everything in hopes that you're going to learn something or strike some kind of new note, expression in the process. I'm not going for grades; I'm going for an education. I'm going to continue experimenting and trying new things to try to evolve and learn.

Nicolas Cage

People are first and foremost Republicans, first and foremost Anarchists, first and foremost a man or woman, and that is a mistake. It hurts the individual and it hurts the whole.

Peter Krause

I do like to play and pass the ball. But first and foremost I see myself as a defender: blocking, tackling, heading.

Harry Maguire

I have always thought of myself as an inventor first and foremost. An engineer. An entrepreneur. In that order. I never thought of myself as an employee. But my first jobs as an adult were as an employee: at IBM, and then at my first start-up.

Aaron Patzer

Before I even pick up a guitar, usually the words are done. So I'm not first and foremost a musician. I'm first and foremost a writer.

Lucy Dacus

Documentary is thought to be art when it transcends its reference to the world, when the work can be regarded, first and foremost, as an act of self-expression on the part of the artist.

Allan Sekula

At the end of the day, I represent myself first and foremost, and I'm not going to ever purposely try and misrepresent myself.

Syd

Speaking for myself, my first priority is to take care of my family. That's first and foremost.

Yo Gotti

Michael Jackson was part of that tremendous wave in the ocean of human expression and it happened to be located first and foremost in Gary, Indiana, working class.

Cornel West

First and foremost, I just have to be myself.

Owen Farrell

I consider myself to be first and foremost a comic writer. The way I entertain myself - especially in those long and grim hours in the office - is to write stuff I find funny.