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As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.


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All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.



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All of art is a search for ways of being, of living life more fully.



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Your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel.



You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger.

You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger.



The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is.

The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is.



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Freedom is heavy. You got to put your shoulder to freedom. Put your shoulder to it and hope your back holds up.



Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.

Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.



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After all, we are not promoting welfare. We are promoting work. We are not pushing for more entitlement programs. We are pushing for more enterprise. We are not trying re-distribute existing wealth.

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