My life's work has been to go around America with a tape recorder trying to become America word for word. And I've met a lot of people who I disagree with. I've met a lot of people who you would think I would disagree with. But I have to say it's enriched my sense of being an American to reach out to people who are very, very different from me…

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "My life's work has been to go around America with a tape recorder trying to become America word for word. And I've met a lot of people who I disagree with. I've met a lot of people who you would think I would disagree with. But I have to say it's enriched my sense of being an American to reach out to people who are very, very different from me…" in the context of "On connecting with people with opposing viewpoints in “Anna Deavere Smith Brings One-Woman Play 'Notes From The Field' To HBO” in NPR (2018 Mar 4)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.