Patricia McBride Quotes
Mr. Balanchine was a great gentleman, and he loved his dancers. He was devoted to his company. He came to the ballet every night, and his presence was felt. It was like the whole company was dancing for him. And if he liked you, he trusted you to be yourself. He didn't try to change you and make you into something you were not.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.
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There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.
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You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.
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Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.
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Blogging and the Internet allow us to engage in a lot more real time conversations as opposed to a one-way dump of information or a message.
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As the ratings go up, so does advertising revenue.
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I went to Moses Malone's golf tournament in Houston, and I've been hooked ever since.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'
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I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
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By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.
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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've always been a leader my whole life. I've always led. I didn't know how to do anything else.
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My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.
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Often, I grow irritated before the first tile has been placed on the Scrabble board. This generally occurs when one of my opponents has insisted upon bringing a dictionary to the table, making it clear that he will be consulting it throughout the game.
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Of course killing people is 'wrong', but I think history shows that sometimes it serves the greater good.
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The old tales of China tell us that all things may grow and change. A stone may become a plant. A plant may become an animal. An animal may become a human. A human may become a god. Just so, a snake may become a woman. And we are told of one who did.
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Mr. Balanchine was a great gentleman, and he loved his dancers. He was devoted to his company. He came to the ballet every night, and his presence was felt. It was like the whole company was dancing for him. And if he liked you, he trusted you to be yourself. He didn't try to change you and make you into something you were not.
