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" Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it. "

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" I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world. "

" I have no choice about whether or not I have Parkinson's. I have nothing but choices about how I react to it. In those choices, there's freedom to do a lot of things in areas that I wouldn't have otherwise found myself in. "

" If you have doubts about someone, lay on a couple of jokes. If he doesn't find anything funny, your radar should be screaming. Then I would say be patient with people who are negative, because they're really having a hard time. "

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" My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. "

" I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli. "

" So what I say about Tracy is this: Tracy's big challenge is not having a Parkinson's patient for a husband. It's having me for a husband. I happen to be a Parkinson's patient. "

" I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community. "

" If you asked my kids to describe me, they'd go through a whole list of words before even thinking about Parkinson's. And honestly, I don't think about it that much either. I talk about it because it's there, but it's not my totality. "

" When you're a short actor you stand on apple boxes, you walk on a ramp. When you're a short star everybody else walks in a ditch. "

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" I didn't want o do metal work and get my hands all nicked up and be around guys. So I took drama because there were a lot of girls. "

" I still play hockey every now and then, and I still golf. But my biggest exercise is walking my big dog in the park every day. "

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" I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is. "