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.

  

  Gary Neville
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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.

  

  A. R. Rahman
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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.

  

  Zoe Saldana
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• We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.

  

  Jackie Chan
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• Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.

  

  Barbara Johnson
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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.

  

  Laini Taylor
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• I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
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• I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.

  

  R. J. Cutler
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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.

  

  Narendra Modi
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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.

  

  Sam Taylor-Wood
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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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• 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.

  

  Raghuram Rajan
  • Important
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• I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Want
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• It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.

  

  Zane Grey
  • New
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• Enterprise is hard work. You have to integrate the client with the optimized systems of all the servers and software.

  

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• If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.

  

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• I'm really scared of flying. Like, really, really, really scared.

  

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• I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.

  

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• I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it's important, but I don't really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.

  

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• I saw David Bowie in 'Labyrinth' when I was seven or eight. I told my mom I wanted a Bowie record, so we traveled to the mainland, which was, like, a three-hour trip, and I bought 'Let's Dance' and 'Tonight.' 'Let's Dance' blew my little mind. I became obsessed with it.

  

  Jake Shears Scissor Sisters
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• Football ruled my life for years, morning, noon and night.

  

  Drew Busby
  • Life
  • Night
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• I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.

  

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  • Famous

• 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.

  

  Gelsey Kirkland
  • Life
  • Up
  • Dance