"The Dance is an art because it demands vocation, knowledge, and ability."

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Source : August Bournonville (1979). “My theatre life”, Wesleyan

August Bournonville

#Dance Quotes #Art Quotes #Demand Quotes

“You always think, no matter how many times you fail, that the next time you will succeed. Otherwise you wouldn't keep trying.”
“Without God at the beginning, there can be only confusion at the end.”
“In every stockjobbing swindle every one knows that some time or other the crash must come, but every one hopes that it may fall on the head of his neighbor, after he himself has caught the shower of gold and placed it in safety.”
“I must say that when I first learned of the existence of the Australian Greenhouse Office, I assumed it was responsible for supplying tomatoes to the Parliament House kitchen. But, no, as I soon learnt as industry minister, it was in fact a government funded redoubt of veritable soldiers in a war against carbon dioxide. The zealotry and obsessive passion of these warriors in the battle against the apparent evils of carbon dioxide remains a curiosity to me. After fighting these people for three years as industry minister, I really did wish they would just go away and grow tomatoes.”
“There are people who think death a fate worse than boredom.”

Source : "The Last Samurai". Book by Helen DeWitt, 2016.
“I suppose it is because woman's courage is mental and man's physical, that in times of great strain women always make the better showing.”

Source : Mary Roberts Rinehart (2000). “When a Man Marries/The Window at the White Cat”, p.221, Essential Library
“Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales.”
“My approach to jewelry has always been to keep it very simple, but if you want to wear something, make sure it is exquisite and lovely and will stand out.”

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