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I learned three important things in college-to use a library, to memorize quickly and visually, to drop asleep at any time given a horizontal surface and fifteen minutes.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille So that we will miss nothing. Partly it’s greed, but mainly its curiosity. We just want to experience it. And we do.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille But all of these knew very well what they did not want, and what they did not want was the current coin, the well-worn usage.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille One of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille 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!
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille When I dance I am really meditating rather then performing for an audience.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille So that we don’t go mad in the leisure, we have color TV. So that there will never, never, be a moment of silence, we have radio and Muzak.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille Dance in the body you have.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don’t even look at one another.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille What I could not learn was to think creatively on schedule.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille From this voyage no one returns poor or weary.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille We can’t stand silence, because silence induces thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille There is something fearfully strengthening about cutting free even if the ties bandage the heart itself.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
Al PacinoAl Pacino I am a dancer. But I don’t think I would be on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ mainly because I would be too shy.
Al PacinoAl Pacino Although I haven’t had any formal dance training and something tells me I’m really going to notice the difference.
Ainsley HarriottAinsley Harriott Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille The acrobat is lost in a web of muscles the dancer is all but invisible in projected idea.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille Dancers don’t get invited to visit people. It is assumed a boy dancer will run off with the spoons and a girl with the head of the house.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don’t even look at one another.
Agnes de MilleAgnes de Mille