My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I’d like to know.
AGNES DE MILLEOne of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people
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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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Tolstoi’s scripts are almost indecipherable.
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So that we will miss nothing. Partly it’s greed, but mainly its curiosity. We just want to experience it. And we do.
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Dance constitutes a true recapturing of… freedom and childish play.
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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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There is something fearfully strengthening about cutting free even if the ties bandage the heart itself.
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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don’t even look at one another.
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We have the most varied and imaginative bathrooms in the world, we have kitchens with the most gimmicks, we have houses with every possible electrical gadget to save ourselves all kinds of trouble – all so that we can have leisure. Leisure, leisure, leisure!
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Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down… and kissed him. And the world cracked open.
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When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience.
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We can’t stand silence, because silence induces thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
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Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.
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Dance in the body you have.
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One of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people
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We can’t stand silence, because silence includes thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
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