One of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people
AGNES DE MILLEToe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.
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No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth.
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The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
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The acrobat is lost in a web of muscles the dancer is all but invisible in projected idea.
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Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.
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Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little.
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The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.
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From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.
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I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping.
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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
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The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.
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To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.
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I am completely absorbed by the music and the steps I choose to respond to the music.
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Tolstoi’s scripts are almost indecipherable.
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No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made.
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But remember that intent is everything. One does not just jump, one lifts into the air, one rises.
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