Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.
Interpretation
This quote encourages individuals to focus on creating value rather than merely seeking quick profits through transactions.
Martin Sheen emphasizes the importance of contributing meaningfully to the world through creation rather than relying on the easy gains obtained from exploiting others' trades. He advocates for a life filled with purpose and genuine production, suggesting that true fulfillment comes from crafting something of value rather than just engaging in superficial exchanges.
In practice
In a motivational speech about entrepreneurship.
Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority.
While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive.
I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.
When I reached adulthood, even now, I could afford to belong to a country club. But I could never belong to a private club because of my experience as a child, because it would isolate me from the whole of humanity.
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My recovery is the single greatest accomplishment of my life. Without that, the rest of my life would have fallen apart.
Would I swap what I have achieved as a cook if I could have been as successful as a footballer? Definitely.
Don't just let your business or your job make something for you; let it make something of you.
If you really want to know where your destiny lies, look at where you apply your time.
At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.
If I'd said, 'I'm going to be a director,' it probably wouldn't have happened.
To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer - not just a one-article or a one-story or a one-book man.
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