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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. "
Together
Doctor
Thinking
" 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. "
Been
Bad
You
" I coach young people. I have a group called BTP - Broadway Theatre Project. "
Coach
Group
People
" I didn't know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage. "
Know
Backstage
Who
" 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. "
Doing
Dance
Work
" 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. "
Good
Better
Responsibility
" I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what's going on. "
Going
Go
Keep
" I had a teacher, he was 86 years old and his name was Luigi in New York City, and he said, 'Never stop moving. You get to reinvent yourself.' So you have to find ways to reinventing yourself. Especially today, because it's a whole different market - social media is so important. "
Today
Yourself
Teacher
" I love sharing my story. It's endlessly healing. "
Sharing
I Love
Story
" I used to dance, but now I only move. "
Dance
Move
Now
" I want to show people what the possibilities are if you take care of yourself and do the right thing. "
People
Yourself
Do The Right Thing
" Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There's nothing like a live audience. "
Energy
You
Feel
" 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. "
Know
Trying
I Am
" 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. "
Journey
Experience
Death
" 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. "
Talk
Love
People
" 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. "
Way
Life
Dance
" 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, it's a quiet thing. At least for me it was. "
Mountains
Moving
Me
" The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic. "
Death
More
Nothing
" The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things. "
Creative
Go
Me
" The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work. "
Appreciation
Hard Work
Training
" 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. "
See
Try
Feeling
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