Martha Graham Quotes
Dancing is very like poetry. It's like poetic lyricism, sometimes, it's like the rawness of dramatic poetry, it's like the terror - or it can be like a terrible revelation of meaning. Because when you light on a word it strikes you to your heart.
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
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I was an English major in college!
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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When punk began to be a genre, people were going to go out and try to mine it. Some of the better groups, like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols, were very artificial.
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A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition.
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There is a degree of confidence exhibited towards strangers in Sweden, especially in hotels, at post-stations, and on board the inland steamers, which tells well for the general honesty of the people.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
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I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, there's no way you can prove anything!
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If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
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You may earn whatever money you earn as a cricketer, but you want to play for your country. At the end of the day, you want to do something special. There are plenty of people who earn 50 crores or 100 crores as businessmen or big professionals or who are really doing well in business. But what gives pleasure to your mom and dad is the fame.
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In China, the rules of the market are not always that transparent. So it's very hard. Also, the national TV networks are all owned by the government, so our shows are subject to censorship by the networks. Every now and then, we are told that certain subjects cannot be talked about. There are frustrations.
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When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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Our soldiers and people form one family. United, we may count on victory.
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I get attached to things: I wear the same jeans for a year.
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Radicalization is very easy when you mock what people hold dear.
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Running a fast time is good; it's better than winning. You can win with a slow time. To me, it doesn't mean anything. I like running a fast race more than a slow race.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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The light always shows on the outside if you are striving to be good on the inside.
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They've gone to the trouble to try to educate people that there is a cultural taboo there.
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To be aware of a single shortcoming within oneself is more useful than to be aware of a thousand in somebody else. Rather than speaking badly about people and in ways that will produce friction and unrest in their lives, we should practice a purer perception of them, and when we speak of others, speak of their good qualities.
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Dancing is very like poetry. It's like poetic lyricism, sometimes, it's like the rawness of dramatic poetry, it's like the terror - or it can be like a terrible revelation of meaning. Because when you light on a word it strikes you to your heart.
