Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company.
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Poaching white fish in moderately hot oil guarantees soft-textured flesh and allows you to prepare a sauce calmly, without the usual panic about overcooking the fish.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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We all assume that if you're weak and poor, you're never going to win. In fact, the real world is full of examples where the exact opposite happens, where the weak win and the strong screw up.
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I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.
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Being a pop star is something I don't think I'm very good at. I'm worried it's making me too paranoid, because all of a sudden, life has become this constant assessment. When you put something out there and people get to hear it, then those people react to it, socially, culturally.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I'm not saying 'I have cerebral palsy, pay attention to me.' We all have problems, and we have to figure out how to live our best life.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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It's essential for a fighter to go separately and just focus on training away from everybody else.
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Conceptual art, I don't even know what that is.
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I don't read books.
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O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught.
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I'm originally from Dallas, Texas, where Bonnie and Clyde were from, so when I was a little kid, my grandfather used to drive me past the Barrow Filling Station. At my elementary school, there was a barn outside that they used to say was a Bonnie and Clyde hangout.
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When you're a kid, and you grow up, it takes some time for people to associate you with more things other than that initial thing.
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It's an honor for me to contribute to Houston's younger generations and show them that 'smart is cool.'
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I played baseball up until my freshman year of high school. That was my main sport. I played third base.
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I don't really like talking about my personal life. I like a certain amount of veil.
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There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.
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Postmoderns are not less interested in religion than ever before. Indeed, they are exploring new religious experiences like never before. The church has simply given them a less interesting religion than ever before. Leonard Sweet, Quantum Spirituality: A Postmodern Apologetic...
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Time never fails to bring every exalted reputation to a strict scrutiny.
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I've just always liked watching people dance. I can't explain it. It used to just make me laugh.
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I always get excited over James Murphy's work and everything that comes out of DFA. I really like the way that Murphy and LCD Soundsystem mix electronic, dance and rock together.
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It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company.
