I grew up in New York and I've always lived here, so I look at myself as a regular person. When somebody recognizes me from the film - and it can be a wide range of people, which shows the power of film - I feel like they're talking about someone else we both know. I just find it hard to believe that anyone would stop me to share how much they loved something that I was a part of.

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Treat people with dignity and respect.

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Today I will let go of my need for approval and my need to be liked. Instead, I will choose to like and approve of myself. The people who count (including me) will respect me when I'm true to who I really am.

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I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that. ― Robin Williams

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Many people think that happiness comes from having more power or more money. ― François Lelord

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Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

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Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible.

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My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives.

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When people go to work, they shouldn’t have to leave their hearts at home. – Betty Bender

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One of the biggest problems with the world today is that we have large groups of people who will accept whatever they hear on the grapevine, just because it suits their worldview—not because it is actually true or because they have evidence to support it. The really striking thing is that it would not take much effort to establish validity in most of these cases… but people prefer reassurance to research.

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