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've never been a great enthusiast about how I look and I am very... when I was young I had a real anti-talent for inventing myself as unappealing - craven and unremarkable.
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Ultimately, we measure ourselves on the success of our investments.
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This perception that we can be stars without any work and just appear is rubbish.
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Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of my theology now and my spirituality that life is not perfect, and I grew up wanting it to be and thinking that if it wasn't, I could make it that way, and I had to acknowledge that I had all kinds of flaws and sadnesses and problems.
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It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
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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.
