Carlo Blasis Quotes
The serious is the most difficult branch of dancing, it requires a close study, and cannot be duly appreciated but by connoisseurs and men of a refined and pure taste. She who excels in it deserves the highest applause. A correct execution of an adagio is the ne plus ultra of our art; I look on it as the touchstone of the dancer.Carlo Blasis
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My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.
Hailee Steinfeld -
One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
H. P. Lovecraft -
I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.
Sam Childers -
The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
Lao Tzu -
It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees -
I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
Walid Jumblatt
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Motherhood has been an exercise in guilt.
Felicity Huffman -
I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
Rachel Sklar -
You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
Imelda Staunton -
I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
Victoria Justice -
Every generation looks at literature through the lens of their own experience, but with the Bible, everyone gets apprehensive and thinks it'll be too stuffy.
Walter Kirn -
Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.
Otto Weininger
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Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
Edgar Allan Poe -
I used to play a lot of tennis-ball cricket.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni -
I always wanted to be an actor.
Dan Stevens -
Any change in routine was terrifying, even if it involved less violence rather than more.
Laura Anne Gilman -
The world has arisen in some way or another. How it originated is the great question, and Darwin's theory, like all other attempts to explain the origin of life, is thus far merely conjectural. I believe he has not even made the best conjecture possible in the present state of our knowledge.
Louis Agassiz -
When you're in an industry where you're forced to grow up so quickly, part of you never grows up, and that's a good thing.
Debby Ryan
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
Yoko Ono -
L.A. is my office. I come here for work and work only.
Sam Claflin -
I'm a storyteller, and I have really good material to work with: I've been studying magic and the occult since about 1983.
Deborah Harkness -
The art of love is who you share it with.
Neil Diamond -
The serious is the most difficult branch of dancing, it requires a close study, and cannot be duly appreciated but by connoisseurs and men of a refined and pure taste. She who excels in it deserves the highest applause. A correct execution of an adagio is the ne plus ultra of our art; I look on it as the touchstone of the dancer.
Carlo Blasis