Dana Tai Soon Burgess Quotes
I don't understand choreographers who say they don't care about the audience or that they would be happy to present their works non-publicly. I think dance is a form of communication and the goal is to dialogue with the audience. If an audience member tells me they cried or that the dance moved them to think about their own journey or a family member's, then the work is successful.
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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For me it's about the music, and it always has been. Maybe for some other people it's more about money.
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I'm quite intuitive about what I pick. Often it's to do with what I've just done and how I'm feeling.
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The Israeli public is frustrated with the way it is portrayed abroad.
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Modeling is a job. Even my mum doesn't believe that I do work hard.
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Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.
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High gas prices are eating away at consumer's disposal income and could lead to a further economic downturn, especially for those whose livelihood depend on gasoline and diesel fuel.
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I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.
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Doubts about the fundamentals of the gospel exist in certain churches, I am told, to a large extent. My dear friends, where there is a warm-hearted church, you do not hear of them. I never saw a fly light on a red-hot plate.
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Your problem is your role models were models.
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As I get more confident as a filmmaker, I don't need to prepare so much in advance. I can trust that I and my team can come up with a solution.
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My biggest role model right now is Beyonce, just 'cause she is a very, very strong, powerful woman, and that's obviously the number one reason to be inspired by her. She is just killing every game there is to kill.
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You don't want to be a Kardashian.
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The inherited tradition is that we don't tell stories about slavery from the perspective of the slave. It's told through the president or the lawyer.
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I drink a lot of water and always try to stay hydrated.
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The gay-rights community had a strategy going in; they thought that they needed to have 30 states with some form of recognition - whether that be marriage, whether it be civil unions - but they wanted to have 30 states signed on before they went to the federal courts.
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The war against British rule must continue until freedom is achieved.
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I'm the kind of guy that once I decide I'm going to do something I have a hard time just giving up on it without giving it a fair shot.
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But I loved doing the physical stuff for 'Dredd.' I have to give a shout-out to the stunt team that I worked with.
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To have a successful marriage, a man must, on a fundamental level be scared shitless of his wife.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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I like to think of myself as the running LT. I like to run up the middle and wear defenses down. It's more exciting in between the tackles.
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I think that too many strangers were in her [Nina Simone's] life, and not enough people that she knew and loved.
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I don't understand choreographers who say they don't care about the audience or that they would be happy to present their works non-publicly. I think dance is a form of communication and the goal is to dialogue with the audience. If an audience member tells me they cried or that the dance moved them to think about their own journey or a family member's, then the work is successful.
