Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise.
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Everywhere I go, I will make a good payday. But we got to choose the right opponent and the right time and the right venue.
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Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
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I look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it's all so quick, I don't even think about it. And I've never been a fan of lyrical or socially conscious rap music.
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Seeing a catering truck feels like home.
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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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Falling in love, romance, matters of the heart - when you fall in love, on some biochemical level you know there is a chance it won't work out. It's ingrained in us that if you take such an enormous risk on someone with your heart that it might not pay off. I gamble all my chips and I might actually lose everything.
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It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
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I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
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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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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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The beautiful thing about the NFL season is to see a team come together after they get to know each other in the spring and summer. You then go through adversity together and see how you respond. The teams that can respond in a positive way are the teams that are going to be there in the end.
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I've had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things.
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Women have a lot of... attitudes enforced in us about our sense of attractiveness being bound up in long, flowing, Hollywood kind of hair.
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I don't get hung up on weight.
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On my desk, I always have a lemon or a lime drying. I love the fragrance. Also, a Staedtler eraser, a brush for the eraser and a pencil sharpener.
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Basically, books were a luxury item before the printing press.
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In high school, I played in a Rush cover band.
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You've got to bring yourself to any character you do.
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Our music's got flavor; it's got skill. And we present it really well.
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If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings.
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Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills - not just acting but all the other sides - working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.
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I don't think writers change the past any more than other people do, except in so far as we may mine our lives and change things for fictional use.
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I like the most provocative and most surprising partnerships on stage. Intensity and surprise.
