Maria Tallchief famous quotes

What's important is that I'm working with very talented young people.
-- Maria Tallchief

#Dance #People #Important

A ballerina takes steps given to her and makes them her own. Each individual brings something different to the same role,
-- Maria Tallchief

#Different #Roles #Steps

Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an American Indian ballerina,
-- Maria Tallchief

#Native American #Appreciated #American Indian

I don't mind being listed alphabetically. I do mind being treated alphabetically.
-- Maria Tallchief

#Mind #Treated

I'm the interpreter. I'm the one who takes your words and brings them to life. I was trained to sing and dance and laugh, and that's what I want to do.

During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so I ended up on my ***** followed by the most unsightly backward roll out of it, followed by the cast falling over in laughter and a good portion of the audience too.

When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.

Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.

The search is more important than the destination

Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.

One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.

You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.