Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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I do love getting dressed up, but sometimes it's glam and edgy mixed together.
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If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.
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You make your mark by being true to who you are and letting that be your staple.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.
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When I'm at home, I just run all the time, you know; I get up, and I go pretty much four days a week outdoors. I go in the canyons around L.A., Malibu - just around L.A. there's a lot of different spots.
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My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.
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I always say my music is like dark blue or black, like a punch to your gut that feels really good.
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Drama was all I ever wanted to do. There was no plan B!
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But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me.
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I have a couture body.
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I was kind of an unhappy kid. I always felt like a cynical New Yorker trapped in a little kid's body. I started to get some pretty bad anxiety disorders around puberty, which totally did not work with growing up a mile away from the beach. I started cutting my own hair.
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I think the most important thing for a listener is to realize that he, too, should not listen to music in a passive way; that if you sit in a concert hall and expect to be moved or taken off your seat by the music, it will not happen.
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Nothing is a better icebreaker than a great joke.
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If pro-abortionists want to commit intellectual suicide and deny scientific facts, that's their problem. But there's no reason a civilized society should fund their anti-scientific outlook - or accept its inhumane consequences.
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To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.
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Chess is life and every game is like a new life.
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For me, sometimes it's more important to perform well in training and know that I am improving rather than scoring in a game. It's doing the hard work, day in, day out.
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I've been into golf, trying to get into the gym to stay somewhat fit. I've got two boys now, they're active kids.
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I don't go to a gym, I don't do yoga. I don't do personal training.
