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 VEREENEveryone 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.
More Ben Vereen Quotes
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Ive been blessed to be in a position to share (my experiences).
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I used to dance, but now I only move.
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Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There’s nothing like a live audience.
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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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The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.
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I coach young people. I have a group called BTP – Broadway Theatre Project.
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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.
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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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I want to show people what the possibilities are if you take care of yourself and do the right thing.
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I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what’s going on.
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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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The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.
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I love sharing my story. It’s endlessly healing.
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I didn’t know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.
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At the end of the day, give up your worries and give thanks for the journey.
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