Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes

To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing.

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• The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.

  

  Kate Micucci
  • Heart
  • Think
  • Me

• The last album, 'Falling Faster Than You Can Run.' I was really proud of, but then I didn't actually know whether it was going to come out on any label at all. So I didn't know if anyone was going to hear it. Then of course we ended up doing another EP after that called 'Closer.'

  

  Nathaniel Rateliff
  • Up
  • Know
  • Proud

• I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.

  

  Barkhad Abdi
  • Character
  • Job
  • Myself

• I wouldn't compare myself to any past Idol contestant, because I don't feel like I am like any of them. Maybe stories are cool but my story is different from most people's story. I don't like to compare myself to other people, I like to just be me.

  

  Naima Adedapo
  • People
  • Different
  • Past

• But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Me
  • Now
  • Blonde

• Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.

  

  Lalla Ward
  • Fun
  • Enjoy
  • Princess

• French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • People
  • Happy
  • Complaining

• He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • Death
  • Sin
  • Glory

• The story of Noah, like other stories in the first 11 chapters of Genesis, are archetypal. Noah's story tells us that human beings have an inherent tendency towards violence both towards their fellow human beings and towards the creation itself. The story tells us that this violence grieves God.

  

  Adam Hamilton
  • God
  • Violence
  • Story

• I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There are a few really good ones, but the majorities are boring, I think.

  

  Malik Bendjelloul
  • Good
  • Music
  • Think

• Basically, me and Ed Sheeran are kind of Twitter friends – well, I say that. He probably just thinks I'm weird.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Friends
  • Weird
  • Thinks

• I learned early to drink beer, wine and whiskey. And I think I was about 5 when I first chewed tobacco.

  

  Babe Ruth
  • First
  • Wine
  • Beer

• I think of myself as an actor.

  

  Oliver Platt
  • Think
  • Myself
  • Actor

• The American formula things are out there but they don't have any stories to tell - we have all the stories to tell - but they're all formula.

  

  Yahoo Serious
  • American
  • Things
  • Tell

• I like it when people make an effort to wear things that you wouldn't normally put together - I like eccentrics.

  

  Bat for Lashes
  • People
  • Together
  • Effort

• There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

  

  Patrick Rothfuss
  • Men
  • Night
  • Fear

• The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • World
  • Thing
  • Hardest

• Remember this about the Korean War: The men were drafted; the women volunteered.

  

  Loretta Swit
  • Men
  • Women
  • Remember

• I am from Brooklyn, NY, so we could not have many pets, but I always had at least two dogs.

  

  Connie Stevens

• I got a film fairly quickly and felt like I was on a roll. I would walk into auditions sounding like Crocodile Dundee, thinking, 'This is going to be a novelty for them.' Then I realised that there are a million other Australians here, and I should just shut up.

  

  Chris Hemsworth
  • Up
  • Thinking

• Eat till you're full. Play anytime you want. Sleep as much as you like. Cry. Get angry. Laugh. Live. Live. Live.

  

  Kazuya Minekura
  • Sleep
  • Angry
  • Laughing

• The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

  

  Milton Friedman
  • Problem
  • Government
  • Planning

• To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing.

  

  Mikhail Baryshnikov
  • Sacrifice
  • Achieve
  • Dancing