Wendy Whelan Quotes

I liked the structure of ballet.

Wendy Whelan

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• Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair. I remember the killers, I remember the victims, even as I struggle to invent a thousand and one reasons to hope.

  

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• Sportsmanship is definitely an important thing in all sports. In soccer, we all respect each other on such a high level, between Sweden and Brazil and Japan or whatever team it is.

  

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• For 24 hours a day, for 10 years, all I thought about was being in a band. That's all I did. I had no other social life. I don't want my life to be like that now. I've spent the past 10 years having a real life as well. But Spandau Ballet is such a difficult shadow to outrun.

  

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• I do take class because I still dance, and yes, I do slip into class with the Royal Ballet from time to time.

  

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• I liked the structure of ballet.

  

  Wendy Whelan
  • Ballet
  • Structure