Ethel Smyth Quotes
Crawling about the floor like half-dead November flies is one thing, and dancing reels another.
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You will never see me dancing around the trees, chasing a heroine; I will never do films, no matter what the budget, for the heck of it.
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I was very shy, but when I performed, I felt like I was in my own little world. I became more confident. Dancing taught me discipline and to feel comfortable in my own skin.
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My only way of getting my uncles' attention or aunts' attention or whoever's attention was by dancing and singing around the house.
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I love dancing.
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I started dancing when I was three, Scottish dancing.
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I'm not OK dancing 90 percent.
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I don't want to be on 'Dancing With the Stars' anytime soon.
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Modern dancing is old fashioned.
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I liked Michael Jackson and used to practice his steps. I enjoy dancing!
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The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.
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I started singing when I was about 3 and dancing soon after. Mom just started looking for outlets where I could perform and availed herself of any opportunity she could in the mountains of North Carolina in the '70s.
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Dancing in high heels is kind of tough. I learn the dances without the heels, and then we add them. We just practice, and I get used to it. My feet hurt really badly at the end of the shows, but it's fun. While it's happening it's fun. I feel tall.
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I couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang.
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Jassie, guess what I'm dancing in!' 'I don't know, a bowl?' 'Non... I am dancing in my Nuddy-pants!
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I think the whole thing, boy band, it's a little bit of a dirty word. They say it's not a good thing to be in a boy band. We want to change that. We want to make the boy band cool. It's not just about dancing and dressing the same.
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All you gotta do honey is kinda stand in one spot, wiggle around just a little bit.
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Ooh! Jesus Christ had dreads, so shake 'em.
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If I had to choose, it would be dancing. Dancing is my first passion and it's gotten me where I am today.
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Dance is low on the totem pole of the arts, because you're not left with a painting... a book that will stay there, a score you can read.
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If you are one of earth’s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what happiness must send the warm tears to their eyes, each time they see their wondrous child go to the dancing! But one man’s destiny is more than blest—he who prevails, and takes you as his bride. Never have I laid eyes on equal beauty in man or woman. I am hushed indeed.
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We call the one side [of humanity] religion, and we call the other science. Religion is always right. ... Science is always wrong; it is the very artifice of men. Science can never solve one problem without raising ten more problems.
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When there's change, and people fear things, they become more dogmatic in their views. They lash out: you can see it in the media, scapegoating and penal sentencing.
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Crawling about the floor like half-dead November flies is one thing, and dancing reels another.
