Wayne McGregor Quotes
Dancers can get to see almost everything now. When I used to go into companies to make a piece, the dancers had hardly ever seen my work. Now they can watch it on YouTube. It means they're much faster at picking up material.
Quotes to Explore
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Let a hundred flowers bloom.
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A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.
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The world does not look to us in the Arab world out of a healthy desire for knowledge.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have received the results of our labor.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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Your heart can only take you so far - sometimes the physical body tells you otherwise.
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Most people learn to improvise on their own, listening to records, endless hours of noodling on their instrument in the bedroom with all their spare time. That's traditionally how people learn.
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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Dance is something which I like to do, but acting is my passion. I would like to do good and meaty roles.
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I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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I think on 'Third Watch' that I was the comic relief on a lot of that. I mean, I definitely had dark moments, but people tended to think he was funny even if the character himself wasn't having a fun time.
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I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma.
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Kinchit nahin bhaybhit main, Kartavya path par jo bhi mile, Yeh bhi sahi woh bhi sahiEnglish translation:I am not afraid of defeat and victory, whatever comes my way of duty, I will accept it, because this is true and that is true.
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My dad taught me to play bass. He's a bass player; he still plays in a band in Michigan to this day. He taught me to play bass when I was about 6. I used to just go to band practice with him, and whoever didn't show up for rehearsal that day, I would take their spot.
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Speaker Newt Gingrich has appointed a task force, which I'm on, and over the next couple months the task force is going to try to come up with legislation that does what we're all trying to do. I feel pretty good about the members that are on the task force.
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Dancers can get to see almost everything now. When I used to go into companies to make a piece, the dancers had hardly ever seen my work. Now they can watch it on YouTube. It means they're much faster at picking up material.
