Gerard van der Leeuw Quotes
The art of beautiful motion is far and away the oldest. Before man learned how to use any instruments at all, he moved the most perfect instrument of all, his body. He did this with such abandon that the cultural history of prehistoric and ancient man is, for the most part, nothing but the history of the dance.
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My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.
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There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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When I was a baby feminist, leading feminist thinkers were insisting that if women ran the world, there would be no sadism or war.
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After a 15-year career in television news, sometimes spent biting my tongue in the name of objectivity and balance, I retired to raise our two small children.
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That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.
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Obama reminds me of the black kid at a white school that don't nobody want to play with.
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Do we need Medicare reform? Yes we do.
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I just don't think I've ever been comfortable at public functions and selling myself as an entity.
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As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.
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Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.
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Losing my parents was the most crushing thing that ever happened to me. I lost my dad when I was 26, and it changed my life entirely.
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Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform.
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I wanted them to beat Laurel Highlands' score, and we did. I want them thinking Albert Gallatin is coming for them.
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I don't think I put too much pressure on myself.
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The art of beautiful motion is far and away the oldest. Before man learned how to use any instruments at all, he moved the most perfect instrument of all, his body. He did this with such abandon that the cultural history of prehistoric and ancient man is, for the most part, nothing but the history of the dance.
