Darcey Bussell Quotes
Before a show, I usually give myself two-and-a-half hours to get ready. I prepare my shoes first. New ballet pumps can sound like tap shoes. You have to take the noise out of them by hitting them against stone. It takes half an hour to do each pair, and I can go through three pairs in one night.
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I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.
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I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I always thought 'Rome' would change things for me, that people would finally understand what I do.
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I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio.
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Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.
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One of the most important reasons for North Korea continuing its nuclear ambitions is to consolidate the power to stay within the Kim Jong Il family.
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Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations possible should be laid upon the consciences of men.
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The unbeliever walks for a quadrillion miles, yet one moments of reality makes up for it.
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The issues which have created the difficult, multiplex conditions our umma finds itself in have been accumulating over a long time. The treatment is going to be multidimensional, prolonged and has to be cumulative.
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Before a show, I usually give myself two-and-a-half hours to get ready. I prepare my shoes first. New ballet pumps can sound like tap shoes. You have to take the noise out of them by hitting them against stone. It takes half an hour to do each pair, and I can go through three pairs in one night.
