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"Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven."
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Personal Development

"It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego."
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"Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one."
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"I will act as if what I do makes a difference."
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"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."
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"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."
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"In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor."
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"A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators."
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"I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think 'star' is what you call actors who can't act."
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"The denial of our duty to act in this case is a denial of our right to act; and if we have no right to act, then may we well be termed the white slaves of the North, for like our brethren in bonds, we must seal our lips in silence and despair."
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"For a long time, my shows were about people walking out or about getting my gigs canceled or having the presenter not wanting to pay me."
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"I'm not a light-hearted person, so I can't think light-hearted at work."
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"The world intrudes in my brain daily. Since my brain is dripping with all kinds of stuff that's out there in the world, that I can't seem to be able to shut out, it has to end up being in my work as well."
Work

"If we all knew we were going to live to be 150 years old, we'd all approach our lives very differently."
Old

"It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material."
Forget

"I write, but I also act."
Act

"I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work."
Work

"I write for an audience that likes what I like, reads what I read, thinks about the things I think about. In many ways, this puts me in opposition to the people who go to the theater generally."
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"I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing."
Acting

"I provide the bricks and mortar with the words and situations - the director and the actors and the designers build the house."
Actor
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