"Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had."

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Source : "Cousins Continues to Entertain". Golden Skate Interview, goldenskate.com. December 6, 2003.

Robin Cousins

#Athlete Quotes #Ice Quotes #Skating Quotes

“Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity.”
“The earth is large and old enough to teach us modesty.”
“My dad's family were political and he was always a theatrical creature, whereas my mum is really musical and her father was the touring pianist with Nat King Cole. My family was an explosive mixture of politics, religion and music - no wonder I turned out how I did.”
“[The Utopia of Rules] should offer a challenge to us all. Should we just accept this bureaucracy as inevitable? Or is there a way to get rid of all those hours spent listening to bad call-centre music? Do policemen, academics, teachers and doctors really need to spend half their time filling in forms? Or can we imagine another world?”
“[Writing] is harder than you think. You'll be rejected often. If you do it for money, you'll quit. Love it or don't do it.”
“But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn.”

Source : Patricia Marx (2008). “Him Her Him Again The End of Him”, p.173, Simon and Schuster
“Some people fall in love and touch the sky. Some people fall in love and find quicksand. I hover somewhere in between, I swear, I can't make up my mind.”

Source : "Song: 'Quicksand' ('Light Grenades')". 2006.
“You are a victim of the rules you live by.”

Source : Jenny Holzer (1983). “Truisms and essays”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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