"Dancing and ballets would undoubtedly take on a new lease on life, if the customs established by a spirit of fear and jealousy did not in some way close the path of glory..."

-- Jean-Georges Noverre

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“You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.”
“I actually wanted to be a police officer like my dad for the longest time, up until my sophomore year in high school when I started doing plays. I did plays when I was little, but in high school, I started getting into acting.”

Source : "Chad Lindberg Exclusive Interview THE CAPE and I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 7, 2011.
“It was not my aim to paint about the Negro in America in terms of propaganda. It is to depict the life of my people as I know it, passionately and dispassionately as Brueghel.”

Source : Romare Bearden (1991). “Romare Bearden: The Human Condition : [exhibition] October 3-October 26, 1991”
“The Buddha taught complete honesty, with the extra instruction that everything a person says should be truthful and helpful.”
“I think everyone should own six guns, even though I don't own any.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Kompanek, www.avclub.com. August 31, 2010.
“I'd always meant to become a musician. I'd just never gotten around to it. And my daughter being born, I was like, Okay, this is seriously the last chance. And also: Do you really want to be a dad who never did what he wanted to do? You've got to set an example now. You've got to do this.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“I love your hills and I love your dales, And I love your flocks a-bleating; but oh, on the heather to lie together, With both our hearts a-beating!”
“Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.”

Source : William Ralph Inge (1927). “The church in the world: collected essays”, Ayer Co Pub

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