I want to do what I can lend my talents to, but I want it to be as a human being and not as a two-dimensional character.
Gene WilderRead
I'm in complete remission. I'm alive and well.
Interpretation
The quote expresses triumph over illness and celebrates life.
Gene Wilder's statement highlights the joy and relief of being in complete remission from illness. It conveys an uplifting message about survival, resilience, and the importance of valuing life, emphasizing the miraculous feeling of being healthy again after a challenging battle.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming adversity.
I want to do what I can lend my talents to, but I want it to be as a human being and not as a two-dimensional character.
So my idea of neurotic is spending too much time trying to correct a wrong. When I feel that I'm doing that, then I snap out of it.
A lot of comic actors derive their main force from childish behavior. Most great comics are doing such silly things; you'd say, 'That's what a child would do.
What good is a character who's always winking at the audience to let them in on the secret?
I never used to believe in fate. I used to think you make your own life and then you call it fate. That's why I call it irony.
If my mother hadn't laughed at the funny things I did, I probably wouldn't be a comic actor. After she had her first heart attack, the doctor said, 'Try to make her laugh.' And that was the first time I tried to make anyone laugh.
To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. Its really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself.
Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually feel so much better, so quickly; it reframes the reason for changing from fear of dying to joy of living. Also, the support that patients give each other is a powerful motivator.
My best year of track competition was the first year I ate a vegan diet.
The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.
Nobody wins when the police are sent to look after people suffering from mental health problems; vulnerable people don't get the care they need and deserve, and the police can't get on with the job they are trained to do.
I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain.
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