Vincente Minnelli Quotes
In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
Quotes to Explore
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There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if they were your friend. And you never get into their heads again or think like them.
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When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
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When girls are asking themselves 'Who am I?' for the first time and they hear all this bad PR about math, they think, 'Well, whoever I am, I'm not somebody who likes math.'
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You take a vacation to a place like Thailand and you're ready for the excitement of something new and foreign. But when you're working 14-hour days, all you want is something familiar to ground you. And there's just nothing there.
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What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?
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I'm single-minded. When I'm working on a project, all my attention is there.
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Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.
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As I had collaborated with visual artists before whether on installations, on performance pieces, in the context of theatre works and as I had taught for a time in art colleges the idea of writing music in response to painting was not alien.
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I'm a little bit of a hippie at heart, so I always wear things that are comfortable and flowing.
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I've always played characters that were younger than myself.
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I think the tricky balance, the most important thing more than the horror is to have a compelling story, compelling drama, a show about great characters that you care about and you want to come back every week to see what they're up to.
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All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.
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Since I was 21, I have not been able to sleep past 9 A.M.; I just want to get up and do something.
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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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I'd describe my look as girly-edgy. I like black nail polish and eyeliner, but I'll wear them with pink shoes.
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By law, super PACs are required to disclose their donors. There are groups that have never had to disclose their donors, non-profits such as the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, and the NRA. If you want more disclosure, super PACs are a step forward.
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I saw a lot of movies that I probably shouldn't have seen. I saw 'Dog Day Afternoon' when I was in first grade - that kind of thing.
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Everyone knows what search engines are. But relatively few know how to use them effectively.
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Behavior is the theory of manners practically applied.
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However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.
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Our Lord insists on the social aspect of our lives: He shows very distinctly that we cannot further ourselves alone.
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A frequent change of role, and of the lighter sort - especially such as one does not like forcing one's self to use the very utmost of his ability in the performance of - is the training requisite for a mastery of the actor's art.
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My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist.
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In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine.
