"It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage."

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Isadora Duncan

#Dance Quotes #Believe Quotes #America Quotes

“The United States faces no serious military threats today, yet is constantly at war.”
“The most popular argument in all these papers was the assertion ... that Christianity had grown and prospered in spite of the opposition of the State.”
“In truth, it requires not only a large intellect, but a large heart, to judge with becoming charity of the peculiar temptations of riches.”
“Contrary to what we've been told, children can detect deceit in parents much easier than parents can detect deceit in children.”
“You cut yourself off from all sorts of experiences because you tell yourself you are â€˜not that sort of personâ€™â€ â€œBut, Iâ€™m not.â€ â€œHow do you know? Youâ€™ve done nothing, been nowhere. How do you have the faintest idea what kind of person you are?”
“Even the ears must dance.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I don't know who had the training of you," he continued doggedly, "but your morals are shocking. You spent a night in my bed, remember, after a night in a bawdy house. You go about collecting street urchins and letting inebriated vagabonds kiss you, and then you get into brawls in pawnshops. You are probably past all redemption, but I'm going to reform you anyhow. If you behave yourself, perhaps I'll let you reform me on occasion, but I make no promises.”
“I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier if someone was African-American and lived next door and went to the same church. Because then I wouldn't have to translate.”

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