"I didn't want to imitate anybody. Any movement I knew, I didn't want to use."

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Source : "Pina Bausch" by Luke Jennings, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2009.

Pina Bausch

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“I learn about the highs and lows of living with the same mother for your entire life, about how no one can make you angrier, but how you can't really love anyone more.”
“Somehow, it seems that the sadder a song is, the happier I feel. The release of emotions that many would label as 'negative' is actually a liberating process for me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Self must be denied as to time and attention for prayer. All-prayer cannot be wielded without the expenditure of time. "A minute with God" seldom lays hold of Him. Sustained prayer is necessary. Such time may only be found by snatching it from personal pursuits, however legitimate they may be.”
“Cigarette sales would drop to zero overnight if the warning said "CIGARETTES CONTAIN FAT.”
“I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have.”
“A person with imprecise ideas can understand little and be of less help to others.”
“What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.”
“You can't just reprise the news. You have to have journalism that makes a point and you have to be in sync with your audience.”

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