Darcey Bussell Quotes
As a little girl, I didn't dream of being a ballet dancer; I dreamt of being a movie star like Ginger Rogers and dancing with Fred Astaire. I used to watch the Sunday double-bills on TV and Iong to be part of what seemed a perfect Disneyland world. Astaire was a genius.
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I do Athlete Devotion throughout all my fight camps. I am a Christian, so I fight with God first, and I have my devotions with me everywhere I go.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.
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I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I love anything to do with history.
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My baby is the joy in my life.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I'm the worst employee in the world. I'll cheat and steal time and resources from my employer, although I'll con everybody into believing I'm essential to the operation.
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As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.
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I have a confession to make. In the beginning, I did not understand the Kate Moss phenomenon.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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I get used to my fountain pens and my clothes, and I can never throw them away. I replace them only when I see that they are broken or embarrassing to wear.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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The worst environmental decision you can make as a human being is to have 14 kids.
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I truly think that you can't go and stalk your material, you have to leave the door open and whatever chooses you, chooses you. You can't go and wrestle it to the ground.
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I want to make this world perfect.
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I propose not our enemies as an example for our general imitation, yet, as their navy is the best regulated of any in the world, we must, in some degree, imitate them and aim at such farther improvement as may one day make ours vie with - and exceed - theirs.
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As a little girl, I didn't dream of being a ballet dancer; I dreamt of being a movie star like Ginger Rogers and dancing with Fred Astaire. I used to watch the Sunday double-bills on TV and Iong to be part of what seemed a perfect Disneyland world. Astaire was a genius.
