"Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'"

-- Mikhail Baryshnikov

“I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful. And that machine is what is going to work for them - there's tons of examples of pop stars who need that machine.”
“Our code is different from the warrior code. It reaches across boundaries. To us, every cat is simply that â€” a cat, with the same right to life as any other. We made a promise to heal and protect, remember?”
“There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.”
“Absurdity isn't quite so absurd as it once was.”
“As other perceptions arise...the total vision of human possibilities enlarges and is transformed.”
“But nothing is solid and permanent. Our lives are raised on the shakiest foundations. You don't need to read history books to know that. You only have to know the history of your own life.”
“After my engagement with Muslim friends, I pray more than I used to pray. My prayer life has been enriched by my encounter with some Muslims, encouraged by their devotion and also enriched by the ways in which they pray. Have I compromised in this way at all? No, to the contrary, I've gone deeper in my faith and I think my love for God has been deepened and made more intelligent in a sense, more rich by that very encounter.”
“It's hard for anyone in the 24-hour news cycles that we all live in now to follow something that the first round is played in March and the final finishes in December. I understand the challenges there.”

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