Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
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The first thing I saw was that Brett Rogers had his way very quickly - in 20 seconds - with a UFC champion, Andrei Arlovski.
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If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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The ADA is the living testament to our Nation's commitment that we will always stand up for our neighbors' right to live fulfilling lives.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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I'm a fighter, and I don't take no for an answer.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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Suffrage is a common right of citizenship. Women have the right of suffrage. Logically it cannot be escaped.
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I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.
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My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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I love my shape because I work really hard at it. I honor my body by working out and seeing what it can do.
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I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.
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As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
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I don't mind being called snobbish, a pain and a social climber, but being called unkind really hurts.
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It's about stories. If I can tell the story to America, whether it's Riesling or a boxer from Harlem, it will sell. I know on my gravestone it's going to be, 'Storyteller.'
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You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'
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While playing complex characters you're staying in the same place but you're departing with your mind and soul and educating yourself until you can really understand such huge worlds. Those are the roles that keep loyal to the authenticity of what people are, and not caricatures. It's something that requires me to prepare for three, four months. I love the process of it, rather than, "Okay, I'm ready, I'm set with the wardrobe that somebody else chose for me."
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.
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But risking a fair fight – not so easy. That’s why you see those pissed young men doing the dance of the ‘don’t hold me back’ while desperately hoping someone likes them enough to hold them back.
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Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater.
