Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to know the recipe for their pasta.
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I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, either a voter or a colleague, you've got to first get their attention.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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Whenever I went to a wedding or a party, girls kept complaining about their shoes. I love to dance, and I wanted them to have shoes they could keep on all night.
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The Internet is changing what entertainment and sports is. It's not just a few people authoring an experience for others. It's really growing out of what everybody does.
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We tend to think of extremes of emotions as registering, for example, you have to cry or laugh or get angry. But for the most part, we find it difficult to read each other most of the time. If you walk through the street, most people are pretty difficult to read. But they're thinking inside.
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I actually find it a lot easier to interview people I don't agree with because I'm far more curious about how they've arrived at that place.
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What these guys are doing is great for Argentinean tennis. This is motivating other people.
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Every other day there's something - I'm dealing drugs, I'm starving people. I have never done a drug in my life.
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We should make it so that young people pay their fair share for health care, and nothing more. And instead of Washington telling us what to buy, let's get back to letting every American choose the plan that's best for them and their family.
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Each time you do a film you gain a lot of experience and build a visual resume where people get to know who you are.
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Best advice that I ever got is to do whatever it takes to make myself happy, so that I'll be able to make others happy. If I'm not happy, I can't make other people happy.
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It meant something to see people who looked like me in comic books. It was this beautiful place that I felt pop culture should look like.
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I had a world of people raising me; it was like a little village.
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I'm a very consistent leader, and people won't find me different day to day. You won't have to have the sort of conversation that says, 'How is she today? Is this a good day to have this conversation?' You won't find that situation with me. I treat people with respect.
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The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
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People have things that happen between them. I certainly don't keep grudges.
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The whole point of comedy, what's fun, is taking the stupid thought I had and working it into something that makes a bunch of people laugh.
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As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.
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I could not work for a long time. I don't spend very much money. Basically I spend money on food and DVDs.
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I was always a data guy, not a theorist. Theorists can maintain total purity. The data are always messy.
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To the extent that sacrifices need to be made, shouldn't the people who've made out like bandits this past generation be first in line? The problem with getting out of the slump is that we need to spend more. It's not that somebody needs to spend less. We have idle workers who have the skills and the willingness to work. We have idle factories. Dealing with this is not about saying somebody needs to suffer. It's saying that we need to be prepared to open the taps.
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I want to see people dance, and I would like to guess what kind of people they are. I don't want to know the recipe for their pasta.
