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"I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know."
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"Appreciate others so that you can be appreciated."
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"Be grateful for the blessing of the moments."
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"I am grateful for the rare opportunities to look at my circumstances from a higher perspective, one detached from the dim outlook I normally insist on seeing. These periodic glimpses show me life's grandeur."
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"Give thanks for what you are today and go on fighting for what you gone be tomorrow."
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"If you count your blessings, you will know, they outnumber your troubles."
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"A sign of gratitude is a thankful smile."
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"Be grateful. You have enough and abundant life."
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"Because the sun helps you in the day, do not scoff at stars at night."
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"Wealth is a small blessing, health is a great asset, happiness is an extraordinary treasure, and life is a remarkable reward."
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"There is always something to appreciate in people."
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"I got out of the Army - in my world - I came to New York, for instance, when the civil rights movement was just beginning, and that created a certain energy, a certain rumble, a certain impetus for black actors."
Actor
"In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you got one, it was better than ambrosia."
Country
"Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy."
Acting
"So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school."
Time
"Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know."
War
"And nothing embittered me, which is important, because I think ethnic people and women in this society can end up being embittered because of the lack of affirmative action, you know."
Society
"I was preparing myself for the theater, and... I got a little job here and a job there, but it wasn't going well, and I considered some time before the mid-60s that maybe I should consider something else."
Time
"I was as content Off-Broadway as I was in a big Hollywood movie, and, I just try to be content wherever I am, you know."
Content
"The goal wasn't to be a millionaire or to be a Hollywood star. That was not the goal. The goal was something about - the goal was to find the goal, but I knew where it was."
Goal
"Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers."
Books
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