Agnes de Mille Quotes
The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.
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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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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day.
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I'm a voice for children's books and children's reading.
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You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.
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You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
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I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.
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When I was younger, I used to pray that I would die before my mom. That's just how much my mom meant to me. I couldn't imagine being in this world without her. But then seeing cancer - seeing what it can do to somebody - as strong and as tough as she was, there was nothing she could do. Cancer is a dirty, dirty deal.
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You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.
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Masks are wonderfully paradoxical in this way: while they may hide the physical reality, they can show us how a person wants to be seen.
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But today, I feel the genuine warmth, the affection, and although I may joke about it, I am touched.
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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
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God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.
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The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
