"I loved the stage not because it provided an escape from myself or my humdrum life but because when the curtain went up I could be whoever I wanted to be, and that was true freedom - to be myself."

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Source : Suzanne Farrell, Toni Bentley (1990). “Holding on to the air: an autobiography”, Summit Press

Suzanne Farrell

#Stage Quotes #Curtains Quotes #Humdrum Quotes

“I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life.”
“Heaven Is as the Book of God before thee set, Wherein to read His wondrous works.”
“Life is a storeroom filled with boxes, some empty, some misplaced forever. We're what remains, what we've grabbed hold of.”
“In order to have wisdom we must have ignorance.”
“It is easy to rationalize that we don't have time to exercise. Not so. Ultimately, our improved health through exercise will provide us more time and energy to accomplish other tasks. We can usually do about whatever we want to-if we want to badly enough.”
“I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.”
“People are always going to find fault with anything you do, any process that you're a part of. The creative process means taking risks, I've taken risks and I've made mistakes, but the bottom line is, could anyone else have done any better ? I have to believe that what I created was worthwhile.”
“I firmly believe that the Democrats' message of inclusion and opportunity resonates everywhere. When we talk about health care as a right and not a privilege, and the impact of the repeal efforts, that resonates everywhere, because everybody in every ZIP code has benefited in one way, shape or form, and frankly, in terms of under-performance, I think we have all too frequently tended to take some of our core constituencies for granted.”

Source : Source: www.politico.com

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