"Ballet is more than a profession - it is a way of life."

-- Margot Fonteyn

#Dance Quotes #Ballet Quotes #Way Quotes

“Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.”
“What is the difference between a Nazi and a dog?The Nazi lifts his arm.”
“Just as blueprints don't necessarily specify blue buildings, selfish genes don't necessarily specify selfish organisms. As we shall see, sometimes the most selfish thing a gene can do is build a selfless brain. Genes are a play within a play, not the interior monologue of the players.”
“I watch the confusion of friends all numb with love moving like stray dogs to the anthem of night long conversations of pulsing rhythms and random voltage voices in spite of themselves graceful as these raindrops creeping spermlike across the car window.”

Source : Song: You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance, Album: Inner City Front
“When we believe in our child fully, we trust that they are doing the very best they can at every moment, given their age, past experience and present circumstances. It is this kind of trust that I mean when I talk about parenting being on their child's side. Having someone dependably 'on their side' is absolutely critical if a child is to grow into adulthood with a generous capacity for love and trust. If we aren't on their side, who will be?”
“I cannot but think that it would be a great step if mankind could familiarise themselves with the idea that they are spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh re spirits incorporated for a time in the flesh.”
“We designers, we don't work in a vacuum. We need business people. We are not the fine artists we are often confused with.”
“The memory of Cumshewa is of a great lonesomeness smothered in a blur of rain.”

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