Dana Tai Soon Burgess Quotes
A young choreographer often gets hung up on thinking they have to have all the answers. As a choreographer ages, they realize that they're more of a steward to movement. We mold movement and curate and form it into plausible and understandable stories.
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Our franchises have never been healthier. Our league, in terms of its economic footing, has never been healthier.
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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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Frequently you have a clash between the more sterile letter of the law and the justice that underlies it, and I think one of the things I've been trying more or less, where it was possible, is to go with the justice rather than the letter of the law.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.
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I'm a big fan of community, and I think independence is over-rated.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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Going to Europe as a budding cook opened my eyes to food in a different way. When I got to Italy, the first thing I did was put my little basil plants in the ground and watch them turn into big, healthy bushes.
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I did not become great by association of The Beatles! Beatles make Maharishi great? Pah! It is a waste of thought.
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The most important thing that I've figured out is that things work out the way they're supposed to. We try to have all this control and fashion things the way we want, but everything happens for a reason, and in the end it works out the way it's supposed to.
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I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.
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My sisters are very academically inclined so whenever they would fix me up, it would always be from someone in their world, people they would find attractive. When they came to the door in suits, it was over.
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I think a good relationship that Mexico could maintain with the United States and vice versa should be based on trust, on opening - openness and constant dialogue that would allow us essentially to define, share objectives and to work towards those so as to avoid activities which are not known to the other government.
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You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.
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While it is challenging working with a kid, because they're so of the moment all the time. My acting style is to try to take something from my life that the character can relate to and that I can relate the character to.
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It turns out that we can build perfectly secure software, and yet people can still get hurt.
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You have to have a sense of humor about all of it - the Emmys and politics and everything.
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If the grace of God miraculously operates, it probably operates through the subliminal door.
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Even though you may be going through something difficult or are stuck in a rut you’re still special. It serves as a reminder that everyone goes through tough times but things can and will get better.
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Age is so immaterial. Isn't this all just the blink of an eyelash?
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People may take a job for more money, but they often leave it for more recognition.
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The way for a person to develop a style is (a) to know exactly what he wants to say, and (b) to be sure he is saying exactly that.
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A young choreographer often gets hung up on thinking they have to have all the answers. As a choreographer ages, they realize that they're more of a steward to movement. We mold movement and curate and form it into plausible and understandable stories.
