Martha Graham Quotes
I think the reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.Martha Graham
Quotes to Explore
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
Hannah Kent -
Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
Adam Mansbach -
With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
Daniel Bryan -
Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.
Quintus Ennius -
It was a pleasure to meet President Obama and Michelle. I'm not a political person, but I admire what he has done.
Patricia McBride -
Whatever the situation at hand, that's what I'm dealing with and trying to be true to it in that moment.
Rachael Harris
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Getting pummelled is better than not playing anything at all.
Laura Robson -
We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
Verne Troyer -
If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
M. H. Abrams -
I crave attention and adventure.
Eddie Cibrian -
I was trying to manage school and training for the Olympics and ended up not doing well at either. That was a big lesson in my life. My mother expected both.
Vera Wang
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I still have a young attitude.
Pat Morita -
Social conditions that spur large numbers of people into action are ignored in favor of a Hollywood version of history focusing on one conquering hero. Since a movement for social change is embodied in its leader, death of the leader means death of the movement.
Patricia Hill Collins -
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
Patrick Wang -
Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their father's shadow, but the crucial difference is that while the Bushes all hail from the relative mainstream of the GOP, the Pauls have an ideological tributary virtually to themselves.
Nancy Gibbs -
It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.
Forest Whitaker -
It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
Imran Khan
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Owning your curves means being confident - actually being confident - in your own skin.
Meghan Trainor -
When I was 5 or 6, I was messing around with the piano, and I listened to everything from Chopin to boogie-woogie.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks -
I was the singing boy in school.
Sidney Royel Selby III -
I'm big on manners. I'm big on politeness. I'm big on gratitude.
Kate Hudson -
'Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bash Old Etonians. It was always the class and privilege aspect of that world that I was most drawn to. There is something endlessly fascinating about imagining something you could never be involved in.
Laura Wade -
I think the reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance of living.
Martha Graham