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The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.

Ben Vereen

People talk about love and it seems like a cliche but it’s a real thing – the more love we spread around the world the more it’s going to change lives.
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Changing Life People Real
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
Nine years after I had my own accident, I find that in trying to go back to doing those things that I used to do just doesn’t fit. Everything seems to just fall apart. I don’t know why but I think it is because I am this new creature.
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Fall Thinking Years
I used to dance, but now I only move.
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Dance Moving Used
I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what’s going on.
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Going Grandchildren Grandpa Keep
Ive been blessed to be in a position to share (my experiences).
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Blessed Position Share
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
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
The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.
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Creative Stage Trying
I love sharing my story. It’s endlessly healing.
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Endlessly Healing Stories
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
I want to show people what the possibilities are if you take care of yourself and do the right thing.
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Care Desire People Want
You’ve got to make haste while it’s still light of day.
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Godmother Haste Light
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
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
When people come and see my show, I try to infuse into them that they can walk away feeling like their lives are a victory.
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Feelings People Victory
I coach young people. I have a group called BTP – Broadway Theatre Project.
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Broadway Theatre Groups People
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
At the end of the day, give up your worries and give thanks for the journey.
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Giving Gratitude Journey
Sometimes we look for those thunderous things to happen in our life for our lives to change or go in the other direction. We seek the miracle. We seek the parting of the seas, the moving of the mountains. But no, its a quiet thing. At least for me it was.
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Change Moving Sea
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.
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Better Plant Responsibility Tomorrow
I didn’t know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.
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Backstage Knows Mets
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
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

The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.

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