Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
Quotes to Explore
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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On issue after issue, the Obama Administration has openly ignored, defied, and unilaterally tried to change the law.
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?
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I never believe them when they say that because you really have to sort of be aware of what's going on in the news in order to get the jokes on the show.
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I actually wanted to first direct and produce, but then I got this very cool opportunity to be in front of the camera once.
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Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.
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The Israeli public's willingness to enlist, the warm embrace for the soldiers and the residents of the south, and the desire to contribute and to give at any given moment really warm the heart, and it gives all of us strength.
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I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don't think God would want to separate families.
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You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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I watched the first moon landing at a bar in Paducah, Kentucky, a fact worth mentioning only because I still remember how suddenly silence descended on this raucous place when Neil Armstrong started coming down that ladder.
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I have no big career plan. It is better for me that way.
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In the Marine Corps, everything had a purpose.
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I'm not interested in disposable music.
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I can afford to say what I wish.
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
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No Republican questions or disputes civil rights. I have never wavered in my support for civil rights or the civil rights act.
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You should always have a pencil skirt. I think knees are the ugliest part of anybody's anatomy, so I'd look for ones that hit at the knee or right below.
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Vietnam was a terrible mistake for the United States. But like Iraq, Vietnam was a badly chosen battlefield in a larger conflict with totalitarianism that America had no choice but to pursue.
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A mortgage transaction is very complex, very complicated, and very localized - the rules are not just by state but by county, sometimes even by municipality.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I've been listening to these recordings of British choirs. I just fell in love with that sound - that pure, clean, pristine sound - and I think it's probably been the biggest influence on my sound.
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When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.
