Agnes de Mille Quotes
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The backwoodsmen are muttering about making Britain's draconian union laws - already among the toughest in Europe - harsher still. And parts of the media will continue to attack public service pensions, as if school meals staff, refuse collectors and healthcare workers have no right to a decent retirement.
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I've started doing my Kathak, and I rehearse every day. Also, I'm eating right and keeping in shape. I'm a non-smoker and non-drinker and essentially a happy person. That's what counts the most. Your well-being is reflected in your personality.
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Charles Bean is a brilliant director. I come in with an idea and try to do it, but I fall on my face. And then, he says, 'Wait a minute, there was a little moment in there. Let's try that moment and expand in that direction.'
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People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'
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I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.
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We took a plant that was being closed by a big company thinking there was no good use for it, and we came in with a different perspective. We bought some used equipment, as simple as we could.
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I may look like a laid-back Hawaiian, but I'm 240 pounds, and when I'm walking around that kitchen, you don't want to get in my way.
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With the world changing fast, we needed capital for investments. There's only so much bandwidth in your own balance sheet.
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Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife.
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I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant.
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I think sometimes you are born with a song.
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Either you sit on the pile of cash, or you continue to grow.
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Mum says that, since I was a tiny baby, I've had the most strong-willed and stubborn personality known to man. Although that was a real pain for her, she admired my resolve.
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I don't claim to have led a saintly life. There have been a lot of one-sided love stories in my life.
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Stationery gets me excited because it has an individual character, unlike computers, which may be convenient but are generic and bland.
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I also thank Bill McKibben and his 350.org colleagues for the most important work in the world, and the most unending.
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I open the debate… The 2nd verse of New Slaves is the best rap verse of all time….meaning … OF ALL TIME IN THE HISTORY OF RAP MUSIC, PERIOD
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I love doing what I do, but I don't like seeing the finished product.
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Most big cities like London and Glasgow have great big rivers that are unmissable. What's brilliant about the Water of Leith is that it's so hidden. It's a secret.
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'Make your plate look like a Christmas tree,' I tell people, 'mostly green with splashes of other bright colors.'
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I found out how great the E Street Band is. The reality of a band that you can't scoop aside, can't put in a corner.
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If you don't make the best-seller list, if you don't get shortlisted for any prizes, it's goodbye.
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I will to make life less bitter for a few within my reach.
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Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
