I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made

I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it. – Anna Deavere Smith

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