Ben Vereen Quotes

#1. Ben Vereen is going to be on the show with me, too.

Liza Minnelli

#2. I grew up in Pittsburgh, and regularly, my parents would take us to the Holiday House Supper Club to see acts like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Ben Vereen, Freda Payne, Stephanie Mills, and The Temptations, to name a few.

Tamara Tunie

#3. 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.

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#4. 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.

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#5. Hunchbacks danced at my wedding for luck. It's a thing you don't see nowadays.

Neil Gaiman

#6. 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.

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#7. The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.

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#8. 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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#9. 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.

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#10. I love sharing my story. It's endlessly healing.

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#11. I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what's going on.

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#12. Books you've read are like old friends. You look up and you see a title that you've read and had pleasure from and it makes you feel very comfortable.
~Robert A.M. Stern, Architect

Estelle Ellis

#13. 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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#14. 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.

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#15. that my life was with you now. And

E.L. James

#16. I didn't know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.

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#17. 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.

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#18. You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don't want to rust out, I just want to work out. If you stand still long enough, people will throw dirt on you.

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#19. Ive been blessed to be in a position to share (my experiences).

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#20. I coach young people. I have a group called BTP - Broadway Theatre Project.

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#21. 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.

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#22. We've got the children so we have to deal with each other because we have to deal with children's problems, you know, and our own problems. But some days it's fine, and then some days we just are at each other's throat.

Ringo Starr

#23. The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.

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#24. 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.

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#25. 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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#26. I used to dance, but now I only move.

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#27. Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There's nothing like a live audience.

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#28. I want to show people what the possibilities are if you take care of yourself and do the right thing.

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#29. She doesn't judge me for these words. I think she understands. She knows what it's like to want to throw yourself forwards, maintain momentum to keep from breaking down. I

Pittacus Lore

#30. At the end of the day, give up your worries and give thanks for the journey.

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#31. The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.

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