Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
You can be totally involved, you could admire just the shape of or you could be totally emotionally mushed up into the dance.
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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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If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.
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I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
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My memory is basically visual: that's what I remember, rooms and landscapes. What I do not remember are what the people in these room were telling me. I never see letters or sentences when I write or read, but only the images they produce.
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I want to play for my country, play for everybody, and I want to be there. I just feel like I have so many feelings and I want to play in the Olympics and feel how special if I can win that tournament.
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I've had my heart broken and then gone out and done dumb things.
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I get to meet different directors and different people.
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When computer systems cause errors, you can end up with The Dreaded NIGO - the 'not in good order' transaction.
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I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
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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'm not a publicity hound, I hope.
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Our music's got flavor; it's got skill. And we present it really well.
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I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like I could live up to that.
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My workspace is defined by books, ephemera, quiet and light. I don't have a computer, telephone or a fax machine there.
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I've always known that sporting people frequently suffer from joint problems because of the repeated strain they put on their bodies to get to the top. But somehow I never thought it would happen to me.
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Growing up in Fife, you were aware that there were these creatures called lesbians, but it was in the realms of complete freakishness. And I didn't feel like a freak.
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I'm an honest guy.
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The explosive growth in places like Shanghai has helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and into a thriving new middle class. What China has done is nothing short of an economic transformation, and the citizens of this country have every right to be proud.
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I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of mankind - the landscape of the human soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human being can be.
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I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
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I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird.
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I guess this is why I hate governments. It is always the rule, the fine print, carried out by the fine print men. There's nothing to fight, no wall to hammer with frustrated fists.
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You have to remember this was the '60s, when climbing was dangerous and sex was safe.
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You can be totally involved, you could admire just the shape of or you could be totally emotionally mushed up into the dance.
