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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.

Ben Vereen

I didn’t know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.
BEN VEREEN

Backstage Knows Mets
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.
BEN VEREEN

Dance Dream One Day
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.
BEN VEREEN

Light Long People
I want to show people what the possibilities are if you take care of yourself and do the right thing.
BEN VEREEN

Care Desire People Want
I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what’s going on.
BEN VEREEN

Going Grandchildren Grandpa Keep
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.
BEN VEREEN

Everyone Good Learn
Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There’s nothing like a live audience.
BEN VEREEN

Energy Made Stage
Ive been blessed to be in a position to share (my experiences).
BEN VEREEN

Blessed Position Share
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.
BEN VEREEN

Choices Journey Moving
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.
BEN VEREEN

Doctors Thinking Together
The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.
BEN VEREEN

Daughter Mother Tragic
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.
BEN VEREEN

Feelings People Victory
I used to dance, but now I only move.
BEN VEREEN

Dance Moving Used
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.
BEN VEREEN

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.
BEN VEREEN

Better Plant Responsibility Tomorrow
At the end of the day, give up your worries and give thanks for the journey.
BEN VEREEN

Giving Gratitude Journey

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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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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