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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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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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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We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
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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 don't want people in China to have deep pockets but shallow minds.
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I had a world of people raising me; it was like a little village.
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The key in telling stories that people relate to is, not surprisingly, vulnerability and authenticity. That means that letting people know the struggle behind your brand - the failures and mistakes - and how you got through them is really important.
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It is widely accepted and understood that consumer decisions are as much influenced by emotional attachments to a product or service as by factors like price and performance. So why is it that when it comes to most aspects of human transportation, the world still seems to believe people are rational machines?
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People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. ... I'd found the one true, enduring romance of my life.
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Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, you're a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which you're trying to get a film financed.
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I've always gone into the studio with a very clear understanding of a song, of the words or, if it's an instrumental piece, of the melodies, and that never changes.
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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.
