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The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

Ben Vereen

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
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
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
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
I used to dance, but now I only move.
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Dance Moving Used
You’ve got to make haste while it’s still light of day.
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Godmother Haste Light
I love sharing my story. It’s endlessly healing.
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Endlessly Healing Stories
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
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 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
I didn’t know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.
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Backstage Knows Mets
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
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
I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what’s going on.
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Going Grandchildren Grandpa Keep
The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.
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Creative Stage Trying
I coach young people. I have a group called BTP – Broadway Theatre Project.
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Broadway Theatre Groups People

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