Rumi Quotes
Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.
Quotes to Explore
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.
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My first vocation was dance.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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A fascinating breed, Old Etonians. Impeccable in their social skills and very portable - you can put them anywhere, and they are absolutely charming.
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Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
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You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.
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It's not enough to attend church and pray every Sunday; you have to act.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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You can actually be bored stiff while you're dying.
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You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.
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If you support amnesty, you should vote for the Democrats.
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You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
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I suppose I've got a natural rhythm. When I was little, I used to just dance a lot and have some fun. I'd never been taught to dance. I've never been to dance school. I do my own little dance moves.
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I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.
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It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.
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I have a little obsessive-compulsive personality. You can tell because I played online games for eight hours a day.
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Tiny slices, no frosting, forty-five minutes on the StairMaster: These are the conditions, variations on a theme of vigilance and self-restraint that I've watched women dance to all my life, that I've danced to myself instinctively and still have to work to resist.
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My motivation has always been health - eating healthy and taking care of myself.
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I never knew that I would be performing on talk shows with Sia.
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There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.
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Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.
