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Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.

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Zach Anner

I haven't spoken to Oprah herself. She had so much going on, since her network show was wrapping up at the time we were shooting. I can't fault her for that.

Faults, Oprah, Shooting, Wrapping, Wrapping Up
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There's a tendency to treat anyone with a physical disability as inspiring. I call it a pedestal of prejudice, in that you're lifting people up to dismiss them. My whole thing is bringing us down to everyone else's level and saying we're all the same. The struggle is the same.

Bringing, Pedestal, People, Prejudice, Struggle

You want the world to be set up for you, but sometimes it just isn't.

Set, Sometimes, Want, World

I think that's where it comes into play, when you are just looking at a document or whatever and you see the word "disability. " Does that automatically trigger something in you that denies someone their personhood?

Doe, Looking, Personhood, Play, Thinking, Word

When I read the script [of Glee], the whole premise was that all the high school kids were being cruel to this kid in the wheelchair, and then the quarterback comes along and has a heart of gold and takes him out of a Porta Potty. That's too often what I see in media, that the characters with disabilities are there to make other people seem like heroes for treating the character with a disability with respect. Those are the kinds of roles that are out there.

Disabilities, Heart, Hero, Kids, Quarterback, Whole

If everything was perfect, it would always be a person-first conversation, but whenever I have the opportunity, I lead with my personality. If they're looking and seeing the disability first or the chair first, I know that I have the ability to change that.

Conversation, Lead, Opportunity, Perfect, Personality, Whenever
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