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Probably the person who said the only color in Los Angeles is green was right.


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What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.

What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.



I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.



Identity is an assemblage of constellations.

Identity is an assemblage of constellations.



We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric.

We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric.



You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach discipline. And you can teach them about the business.

You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach discipline. And you can teach them about the business.



Each person has a literature inside them.

Each person has a literature inside them.



Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going to go beyond what I see to give people visions of what could be.'

Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going to go beyond what I see to give people visions of what could be.'



Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.

Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.



Be more than ready. Be present in your discipline. Remember your gift. Be grateful for your gift and treat it like a gift. Cherish it, take care of it, and pass it on.

Be more than ready. Be present in your discipline. Remember your gift. Be grateful for your gift and treat it like a gift. Cherish it, take care of it, and pass it on.



You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.

You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.





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The man was married to a half-fae, half-human woman, a banshee, who'd' just delivered twins. It was a wonder his hair wasn't completely prematurely white.



Inviting audiences to open up and hear things differently is an important part of what I do. But I still love to sing songs with words, too.

Inviting audiences to open up and hear things differently is an important part of what I do. But I still love to sing songs with words, too.



Past life knowledge is not the wedding album of existence. Past life remembrance in Buddhism is the ability to bring a greater awareness we had in another life into this life.

Past life knowledge is not the wedding album of existence. Past life remembrance in Buddhism is the ability to bring a greater awareness we had in another life into this life.



I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.

I don't buy art. I'd rather buy a beautiful location or a beautiful site than buy art. A beautiful home is like owning a beautiful painting, except you can live in it.



I love the stage, it's my first love - but, it's gone. You do your performance, then it's a memory. It only lives in the moment.

I love the stage, it's my first love - but, it's gone. You do your performance, then it's a memory. It only lives in the moment.



Life was never meant to be a struggle, just a gentle progression from one point to another, much like walking through a valley on a sunny day.

Life was never meant to be a struggle, just a gentle progression from one point to another, much like walking through a valley on a sunny day.



The Ediles among the Romans had their doors always standing open, that all who had petitions might have free access to them. The door of heaven is always open for the prayers of God's people.

The Ediles among the Romans had their doors always standing open, that all who had petitions might have free access to them. The door of heaven is always open for the prayers of God's people.



I always feel pressure. If you don't feel nervous, that means you don't care about how you play. I care about how I perform. I've always said the day I'm not nervous playing is the day I quit.

I always feel pressure. If you don't feel nervous, that means you don't care about how you play. I care about how I perform. I've always said the day I'm not nervous playing is the day I quit.



Like father, like son: every good tree maketh good fruits.

Like father, like son: every good tree maketh good fruits.




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