Anna Halprin Quotes
As we tap into the deep sources of bodily wisdom through creative art expression,we dance the renewal, recreation, and healing of ourselves and our world.
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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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It's pretty hard to make out what's going to be a commercial success and what's not.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
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It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.
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Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.
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Do we need Medicare reform? Yes we do.
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I do not want to respond to leaks that concern things that have to do with state secrets of the first degree.
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I want to fall in love, I think. I've never. I know. Everyone I know's been in love or in relationships now and... There's only ever been... there's been people telling me they love me, but it freaks me out and I just run, run. I think I'm a bad girlfriend.
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Dance is my passion.
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I'm really, really emotional.
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Irony is the first hint that consciousness became conscious.
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Capitalism is the least romantic conception of a public order that the human mind has ever conceived.
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I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.
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It is unpleasant for the players, when the organizers arrange for play to take place in the morning. The games from such last rounds, in view of the large number of mistakes, are not fit for publication!
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It's tiring to be asked the same questions all day long: 'What is Gangnam style?' and 'Teach me how to dance.'
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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Wherever you go, whether it be a college campus or the New York Times or ABC News or Venezuela or Cuba or the former Soviet Union, it's amazing how the speech codes and the trying to shut up dissent is a defining aspect of the left because they believe so firmly in their utopian ideals that anyone who would disagree with that utopia is an enemy of the state, and they treat them as such.
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As we tap into the deep sources of bodily wisdom through creative art expression,we dance the renewal, recreation, and healing of ourselves and our world.
