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Life is what you put into it and how much you take out of it. You put in more than is expected, and you take out less than you want.

Michael J. Fox

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Michael J. Fox
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
Actor
Autobiographer
Blogger
Film Actor
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Edmonton
Alberta
Michael Andrew Fox
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My notion of spirituality was different than it is now, but even if I'd been the most fundamentalist of believers, I would have assumed that God had better things to do than arbitrarily smite me with shaking palsy.
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I'm also very proud to be a part of a trilogy of films that, if they do nothing else, allow people to check their problems at the door, sit down and have a good time.
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Acceptance is the key to everything.
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I'm kind of private and I keep things inside a lot, but it's been so wonderful to realize that people care about you in a very deep way and that there is some bond between an actor and his audience. I don't even know how to describe that feeling.
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My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish.
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There's an idea I came across a few years ago that I love: My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance and in inverse proportion to my expectations. That's the key for me. If I can accept the truth of 'This is what I'm facing - not what can I expect but what I am experiencing now' - then I have all this freedom to do other things.
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I've learned some exciting things - mostly, that people really want to help each other and that, if you can lay out a vision for them - and that vision is sincere and genuine - they'll get interested.
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I really love being alive. I love my family and my work. I love the opportunity I have to do things. That's what happiness is.
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A lot of times, when you have a disability, one of the things you deal with is other people's projections of what your experience is and their fear about it, and not seeing the experience you're having. There's nothing horrifying about it to me. It is what I deal with. It is my reality and my life, but it's not horrible.
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The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.
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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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As for my own truncated secondary education, my head was in the clouds as my mom would say, or if you asked my father, up my ass.
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I don't set a whole lot of goals. It smacks a little bit of will to me, and I find that will is not the way to go for me.
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One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.
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The biggest gift on Father's Day is if I can be with all my kids.
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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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If you have one foot in yesterday and one foot in tomorrow, you're pissing all over today.
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Family is not an important thing. It's everything.
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There are no moments you have frozen in amber. It's moving, it's changing, so appreciate what's good about right now and be ready for what's next.
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No, I got a GED in my 30s. My kids know that I never stop learning, and they know I love reading. I have books overflowing everywhere. I am current on today's events and I read the paper every day, and we talk about it, so they see that appetite.
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