George Bernard Shaw on dance
George Bernard Shaw97 quotes“Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.”
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Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Animals are my friends and I don’t eat my friends.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw You see things; you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?
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If I can’t dance to it I don’t want it.
Dua LipaDua Lipa For my sanity, I need to dance every night of my life.
Britney SpearsBritney Spears Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
Frank ZappaFrank Zappa She says nothing at all but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinite stars.
Neil GaimanNeil Gaiman I definitely like to go out and dance. I’m a big vibe person when it comes to music so a song really has to make me feel a certain way in order for me to fall in love with it.
Britney SpearsBritney Spears Life is a battle so we dance.
MadonnaMadonna I’m okay with having bad dance moves. I’m okay with having horrible lower teeth. That’s what makes me me, and for some reason, it’s worked out all right.
Katy PerryKaty Perry Only when I’m dancing can I feel this free.
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