"I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being on a young soul to which they are totally unfit. Cannot we let people be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make that man another you. One's enough."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“We may indeed in counsel point to the higher road, but we cannot compel any free creature to walk upon it. That leadeth to tyranny, which disfigureth good and maketh it seem hateful.”
“Regulation has gone astray. . . . Either because they have become captives of regulated industries or captains of outmoded administrative agencies, regulators all too often encourage or approve unreasonably high prices, inadequate service, and anticompetitive behavior. The cost of this regulation is always passed on to the consumer. And that cost is astronomical.”
“What do you get the man who has everything? Might I suggest a gravestone inscribed with the words: so what?”
“If the first casualty of war is innocence, then perhaps with each bullet fired, bomb detonated, leader overthrown, wall built, economy destroyed and family member killed, we are not creating goodwill and harmony, but rather another child who believes violence is the only means to bring about change in the world.”
“As someone who's been doing a lot of classical theater recently, I loved the idea of getting to run around in Steven Alan, and not be in a corset and a wig, and not have a dialect, and get to be in a 90-minute play with no intermission, and get to do real comedy.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Baseball is the ideal forum for teachiing the art of failure; the very best fail to get a hit seven out of ten times.”
“I don't think just funny is enough on Broadway.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If I don't have to act, I'd rather not. I'd rather not act cold. I'd rather actually be cold. That's my weird way of acting. If the door is supposed to be locked, I'd rather have it locked. But of course, most of the time, we have to act, and that's okay, too.”

Source : "Lea Thompson Talks THIN ICE, SWITCHED AT BIRTH, the BACK TO THE FUTURE Broadway Musical, RED DAWN Remake and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 15, 2012.

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