Gelsey Kirkland Quotes
I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.
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Nothing improves your confidence and brings a team together more than winning a cup.
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.
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Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.
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I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
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I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
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'All in With Laila Ali' is educational, inspirational, compelling programming profiling individuals that have reached for the sky, pushed themselves to the limit and did things that you would think were impossible.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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Movies don't have borders.
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Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.
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I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.
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Habit is a great deadener.
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I don't want to put 12 singles on an album. I want to make a story, a little movie.
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The apostle Paul never seemed to exhaust the topic of grace - what makes us think we can? He just kept coming at it and coming at it from another angle. That's the thing about grace. It's like springtime. You can't put it in a single sentence definition, and you can't exhaust it.
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There's no way I set out to be a certain kind of symbol - the way I dress is the way I am, the way I live my life.
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I hadn't planned on or expected to have a public dimension in my life.
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If you can't be with yourself, you'll never learn to be with anyone else.
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I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.
