Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.
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Purgatory fire will be more intolerable than all the torments that can be felt or conceived in this life.
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Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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One thing you can't intend is how you will be read. I hear it said a lot that my books are about the 'search for identity', and this is said admiringly, as if I meant to encourage such a search.
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I don't have a high IQ, but I've always liked nerds and quirky guys.
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A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.
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It was really fascinating for everyone involved in 'Fargo' that Marge Gunderson became the iconic character she did. I think it was something about the cultural zeitgeist and what was happening with women in the workplace.
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Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
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I grew up during the Revolution of Iran and the war between Iran and Iraq. The things that I saw. The impact. How it changes you. How it changes the way you look at the world.
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The dialysis is to wash my blood, to keep my kidneys functioning.
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About 20 percent of the genetic information in your nose doesn't match anything that we've ever seen before.
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Good actresses can often accomplish miracles, and it is possible to be someone you've never been or will be. But in a sitcom, there's no time.
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In a way, publishing in 2005 was similar to publishing in 1950. Nobody kept blogs; that was still optional. I didn't even have a website then.
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I think everybody has a bent, and the key is to follow that bent. So much human wastage comes from people who are doing things with their lives that they really aren't happy with.
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The Ku Klux Klan is the most profligate domestic terrorist organization in this country's history.
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I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work.
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Khatami is a symptom and not the cause of change in Iran.
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I loved 'Matilda.' The kids are so brilliant and uninhibited. They were inspiring. Seeing them onstage, just going wild, reminded me of when I was that age. I was excited for them and completely taken by their innocence and hard work.
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I'm finally dating. It's fun.
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I have always been driven by the ambition to solve every problem I face, whether as a scientist, engineer or entrepreneur.
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Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
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My dad was a big Frank Zappa fan, so I remember listening to a lot of Frank Zappa. Girls do not like Frank Zappa.
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President Obama has a good sense not just of the economic requisites for financial crisis firefighting but also how you build political support for moving forward on reforming the financial system, making sure that the banks are carrying enough capital.
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It doesn't matter how high you lift your leg. The technique is about transparency, simplicity, making an earnest attempt.
