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I can't be smug, because I know that you can lose anything at any point. And I can't be angry, because I haven't lost it.

Michael J. Fox

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Michael J. Fox
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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Edmonton
Alberta
Michael Andrew Fox
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When I was 20, I would have taken a bullet in the head to never have to be 35.
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The moment I understood this - that my Parkinson's was the one thing I wasn't going to change - I started looking at the things I could change, like the way research is funded.
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I don't look at life as a battle or as a fight. I don't think I'm scrappy. I'm accepting.
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I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for perfection is God's business.
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Listening to people espouse beliefs different from mine is informative, not threatening, because the only thing that can alter my worldview is a new and undeniable truth, and contrary to what Jack Nicholson says in 'A Few Good Men', I CAN handle the truth.
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I have no argument with those who see in organized religion a template or an imperative to live life according to a prescribed set of beliefs. Just give others the room, within the laws of civil society, to believe or not believe whatever they like.
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I definitely believe in a higher power.
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Pay attention to what's happening around you. Read the book before you see the movie. Remember, though you, alone, are responsible for your own happiness, its still okay to feel responsible for someone else's. Live and to learn.
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The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.
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I think I benefited from being equal parts ambitious and curious. And of the two, curiosity has served me best.
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So I never spend a lot of time analyzing why people respond to my work. But I think that it's just the joy, a passion for life, that I think has always been in my characters. Beyond that, I'm just grateful for it.
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