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The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

Ben Vereen

If we plant the right seeds, tomorrow will be better. If you put out good things, then you’ll get good things back. That’s part of our responsibility as entertainers.
BEN VEREEN

Better Plant Responsibility Tomorrow
You’ve got to make haste while it’s still light of day.
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Godmother Haste Light
I didn’t know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.
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Backstage Knows Mets
I used to dance, but now I only move.
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Dance Moving Used
Everyone I’ve worked with has been good. You learn from the good, what’s good, and you learn from the bad what not to do.
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Everyone Good Learn
You’ve got to make haste while it’s still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don’t want to rust out, I just want to work out. If you stand still long enough, people will throw dirt on you.
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Light Long People
I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what’s going on.
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Going Grandchildren Grandpa Keep
Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There’s nothing like a live audience.
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Energy Made Stage
The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.
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Appreciation Dedication Hard Work
As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor would put me together so I could do the show.
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Doctors Thinking Together
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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Moving Towns Used
So be encouraged and dedicate yourself to your dream and if your dream should come my way one day then we will dance upon the boards of life.
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Dance Dream One Day
Our creator says, ‘Here’s your birth and here’s your death’ – and the rest are the things you learn on your journey. This was my experience – and the choice is, I can lay in the misery, or choose to learn from it and move on.
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Choices Journey Moving
I coach young people. I have a group called BTP – Broadway Theatre Project.
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Broadway Theatre Groups People
The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.
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Daughter Mother Tragic
Ive been blessed to be in a position to share (my experiences).
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Blessed Position Share

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