Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes
Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.
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'The Sundial' is written with the kind of humor that would make a guillotine laugh.
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I started growing my audience in small clubs through word-of-mouth. I started making music that isn't necessarily commercially viable, and it's not necessarily marketable to my peers to a certain extent.
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I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis.
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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'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.
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In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources.
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Conceptual art, I don't even know what that is.
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For me to be with someone, he's got to be fit. Or at least doing something he loves. Following your passion - whether it's hiking or sports or whatever - is super sexy.
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I was excited by the idea of playing a Nazi.
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I didn't get any crazy sponsors. I don't have any extra sponsors since I got the belt.
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I'm definitely neurotic. I don't cross streets and stuff.
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I don't really do playlists. I don't know how to make a playlist, honestly.
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I'm very honest - brutally honest. I always look at things from their point of view as well as mine. And I know when to walk away.
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I eat healthily, as it keeps my energy up.
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I'm trying to construct a world that maximises the probability that SpaceX continues its mission without me.
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My mom is actually a former prima ballerina, and all the women in my family are associated either with dance or choreography or acting, so I'm very lucky in a way because I grew up in a family of artists. I've been dancing since I was a little kid.
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I loved music and dance, and that was exciting to me.
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It was not very easy for a woman to impose herself as a modern artist in Germany… Most of our male colleagues continued for a long time to look upon us as charming and gifted amateurs, denying us implicitly any real professional status.
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Now there is in a way a renaissance of modern dance - suddenly, it is more respected and discovered.
