Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
He is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular.
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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
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Mary and Carrie and baby Grace and Ma had all had scarlet fever. The Nelsons across the creek had had it too, so there had been no one to help Pa and Laura.
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I'm not the kind of director who aims to send a message out.
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There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.
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I'm kind of a reluctant guru.
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Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.
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I come from the 49er, where there is a high error rate in the sailing but the best sailor still wins, and that's why I'm attracted to these kind of boats.
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It's a really weird thing, modern divorce. I found out I was getting divorced on television. That was kind of weird.
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Cyberpunk was really a reaction against old boy sci-fi which was about white guys in space who would come up with some kind of technological thing.
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She teaches me to be kind, punctual... and to stand up for myself. And when I think about it, aren't these things every mother should teach their daughter?
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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
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You could write your fingers off for 25 years... and never get the kind of hearing you could get from shooting off your mouth on television for a half hour every week.
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J. P. Morgan. He was kind of a douche.
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It's very tough for me to focus. I'm like: 'Look, something shiny! No, focus. Oh, there goes a butterfly!'
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Phones rang constantly, as if the White House was conducting some kind of pardon telethon.
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I couldn't possibly lead the kind of life I lead, and keep the schedule that I do, having radiation or chemotherapy.
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Oakland, by far, is really gorgeous; it still has these pockets that are really dangerous. Certain things are kind of normal. I think kids out there can be tested in a way where his right of passage ties into a bit of violence and how that has become these markers in masculinity and you being kind of validated after having to pass through things.
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Remove all the traffic lights, yellow lines, one-way systems and road markings, and let blissful anarchy prevail. I imagine it would produce a kind of harmony.
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How you deal with adversity says a lot about the kind of players you've got and the kind of team we've got.
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The interesting thing was we never talked about pottery. Bernard Leach talked about social issues; he talked about the world political situation, he talked about the economy, he talked about all kinds of things.
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It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.
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My character and my behavior is not for politics. I say what I think. I'm too liberal.
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If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they are very badly financed.
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He is a male butterfly without the wings - the same kind of grace of a very young horse, so angular.
