Quotes From "Always Looking Up: The Adventures Of An Incurable Optimist" By Michael J. Fox

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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. Michael J. Fox
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The purpose that you wish to find in life, like a cure you seek, is not going to fall from the sky....I believe purpose is something for which one is responsible; it's not just divinely assigned. Michael J. Fox
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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. Michael J. Fox
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Some of the best friends you'll ever meet in your life, you'll meet though your children--mothers and fathers of their friends, parents from school. You'll see. That's the way it was for Bill and me. It's one of the many gifts of parenting. Michael J. Fox
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Frankly, my height or lack thereof never bothered me much. Although there is no doubt that it has contributed to a certain mental toughness. I've made the most of the head start one gains from being underestimated. Michael J. Fox
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The only unavailable choice was whether or not to have Parkinson's. Everything else was up to me. Michael J. Fox
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Sure, it may be one step forward and two steps back, but after a time with Parkinson's, I've learned that what is important is making that step count; always looking up. Michael J. Fox
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The reflected version of myself, wet, shaking, rumpled, pinched and slightly stooped, would be alarming were it not for the self-satisfied expression pasted across my face. I would ask the obvious question, "What are you smiling about?" but I already know the answer: "It just gets better from here". Michael J. Fox
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The American political experience can therefore be viewed as optimism in the collective. Michael J. Fox
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You suffer the blow, but you capitalize on the opportunity left in its wake. Michael J. Fox
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Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all. Michael J. Fox