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I don't look at myself as a leader. I do look at myself as part of a community.

Michael J. Fox

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Michael J. Fox
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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If you have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, you're pissing all over today.
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The 'Rescue Me' gig was a unique opportunity to play a character - a misanthropic, angry guy - who was so contrary to how people think of me.
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Acceptance doesn't mean resignation it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.
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If you have doubts about someone, lay on a couple of jokes. If he doesn't find anything funny, your radar should be screaming. Then I would say be patient with people who are negative, because they're really having a hard time.
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I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.
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Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.
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