You are about to start the greatest improvisation of all. With no script. No idea what’s going to happen, often with people and places you have never seen before. And you are not in control. So say ‘yes.’ And if you’re lucky, you’ll find people who will say ‘yes’ back.

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"Happy 4th of July! As you take this day to honor America, ask yourself, “Why am I not honoring America on the other 364 days? Shame on me."

- Stephen Colbert

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"Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what’s going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along."

- Stephen Colbert

Awareness

"It’s Fourth of July weekend, or as I call it, exploding Christmas."

- Stephen Colbert

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"Today is the 4th of July, when we honor the day that Uncle Sam chopped down Benedict Arnold at the Alamo. Happy hot dogs!"

- Stephen Colbert

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"Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next, and you are mostly just making things up as you go along."

- Stephen Colbert

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"You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute."

- Tina Fey

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"You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

Taking Risks

"Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage."

Taking Risks

"If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."

- Erica Jong

Taking Risks

"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever."

- Thomas Aquinas

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