Alvin Ailey Quotes
It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater.

Quotes to Explore
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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You either make dust or eat dust.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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I work legs, upper body, everything. Legs are very important. I do hang cleans and squats - I do primary exercises. Squats work over 60 percent of your muscle mass in your body. The hang cleans work on my explosive movement, which is essential for success.
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That's actually how my parents met. They were pen pals. My mom was in the Philippines and my father was in the States, and they wrote to each other. He went out to meet her, and they wed not too long after.
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Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
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I feel like, growing up, I watched football, obviously, and you see great players, and as a fan, you want to watch the best you can possibly watch, and you want to see what's capable of being made.
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It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four golf courses. You've got to be the best of that week for the four weeks.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.
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Any powerful technology can be abused.
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
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You have to train people how to be business innovators. If you don't train them, the quality of the ideas that you get in an innovation marketplace is not likely to be high.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.
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Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
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There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face.
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Traditional values are big in my life.
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I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got.
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Being in the limelight with 'Glee,' I've definitely felt pressure to stay fit. But honestly, you have to ignore it.
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I always thought I'd make films. I didn't think I'd be in them.
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Be fun! I don't like homes or rooms that don't have a sense of humor or have some sense of whimsy or a personality. Your home should reflect who you are, and what you love. I would never have something in my home because it's the thing to have. I have to love it and it needs some connection to me.
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It will take very sophisticated marketing to achieve our aim of bringing more black people into the theater.