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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.

Michael J. Fox

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Michael J. Fox
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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Edmonton
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They did something once that slurred my speech, and I thought, Oh, man, you're messing with my brain. It's freaking me out.
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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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I truly believe that we have infinite levels of power that we don't even know are available to us.
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