Cyd Charisse (Tula Ellice Charisse) Quotes

I think, however, that Astaire's coordination is better than Kelly's... his sense of rhythm is uncanny. Kelly, on the other hand, is the stronger of the two. When he lifts you, he lifts you!... To sum it up, I'd say they were the two greatest dancing personalities who were ever on screen. But it's like comparing apples and oranges. They're both delicious.

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• My favorite leather jacket I got for 40 bucks at the Fairfax Flea Market, like, eight years ago. Leather just gets better over time. There's something about a jacket that you have over years and years - just fits like a glove.

  

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• As long as the appointment process is transparent and there is a broad mix of political views among the governors of the BBC, I think the public can feel confident that impartiality and independence are just as important to me as they have been to previous incumbents.

  

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• After years of training [as astronaut], you have great confidence in the technology. When you get in your car, you probably feel safe too, even though thousands of people die in car crashes every year.

  

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• People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.

  

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• When those waiters ask me if I want some fresh ground pepper, I ask if they have any aged pepper.

  

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• There are people who not only strive to remain static themselves, but strive to keep everything else so... their position is almost laughably hopeless.

  

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• In nature's economy the currency is not money, it is life.

  

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• Appreciate what you've got and follow your heart and you're all good. Don't over-complicate things.

  

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• The experience may have been costly, but it was also priceless.

  

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• The problem is that the East is producing missiles and the West is producing pacifists.

  

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• The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.

  

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• When you affirm your own rightness in the universe, then you co-operate with others easily and automatically as part of your own nature. You, being yourself, helps others be themselves. Because you recognize your own uniqueness you will not need to dominate others, nor cringe before them.

  

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• The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an angel's wing.

  

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• Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.

  

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• The classical music industry, has been an industry of covers. So we do covers, and if I compare this with the rock and pop side, what is the most exciting event?

  

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• Retire me to my Milan, where Every third thought shall be my grave.

  

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• I think, however, that Astaire's coordination is better than Kelly's... his sense of rhythm is uncanny. Kelly, on the other hand, is the stronger of the two. When he lifts you, he lifts you!... To sum it up, I'd say they were the two greatest dancing personalities who were ever on screen. But it's like comparing apples and oranges. They're both delicious.

  

  Cyd Charisse
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  • Apples
  • Delicious