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In our personal and professional lives, we are constantly hit with one adversity after the other, most of which we have no control over. But the four things we have total control over is how we react, how we adapt, how we breathe, and how we take action. ”
My dream is to become a director. I want to direct a Hindi film. ”
Playing music has always felt very natural. You know, you do try to do other things, and you do learn lessons that way, but, eventually - well... if your dad is a plumber, you become a plumber. It's the family business, and I felt like I was taking over the family business. ”
For me, when I was in high school, that was my ultimate dream, was to make it to the NBA. ”
Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency. ”
There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other. ”
My mom said it's always positive vibes. I love good vibes, and that's what I get off people all of the time. That's what I want to give out to other people is those vibes and to have hope and dreams and to build that confidence and be encouraged to do whatever they want in life if they put their mind to it. ”
If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I'm not. ”
Taking up magic was a distraction from my sexuality. There is that 1970s cliche of the gay man as hairdresser, interior decorator, fashionista... and all of those things are about arranging surfaces in a very dazzling way - and magic is all about how you arrange surfaces. I got very good at deflecting people from things I didn't want them to see. ”
I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally. ”