Ben Vereen Quotes
I don't dance like I used to, but I'm moving and I'll be doing my form of dance at Town Hall... I hit my limitations but I learn to work with what I've got.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.
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I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
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It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.
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I have ambitions to do a Broadway record one of these days and get in the studio with like, a real orchestra. I'm a big musical theatre geek.
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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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You don't choose a party because it's the flavour of the month. I feel I will be able to work under a political system. I feel if people like me don't enter politics to bring change, who will?
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I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio.
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Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.
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Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
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If I can save one kid's life, for me, it's absolutely worth it.
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My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.
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Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter what you're doing. Even if you don't have a line, you have to stay in it.
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back.
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A subplot is a distinguishing characteristic of the novel; the short story, for example, does not need subplots.
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No matter how hot the water from your well, it will not cook your rice.
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I know that when I get stressed, I want to eat junk food. So now I just know - 'I'm stressed, I want to eat junk food, so I'm going to go work out instead, or eat something healthy.' It really works.
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If I'm home alone, I just dance... it's my own little secret.
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I don't dance like I used to, but I'm moving and I'll be doing my form of dance at Town Hall... I hit my limitations but I learn to work with what I've got.
