…it happened because I learned that I could speak through other people. I was a very shy child. I was an observer. I would sit and observe and listen… - Cicely Tyson

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…it happened because I learned that I could speak through other people. I was a very shy child. I was an observer. I would sit and observe and listen and watch people's actions in order to understand what they were. I wanted to know what prompted them to say and do the things that they did. I sucked my fingers for 12 years. I never spoke ... but I was a great observer.