"I feel like I represent every young dancer, and even non-dancer, who felt they were not accepted by the ballet world. I'd like to think that they can see themselves in me."

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Source : Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

Misty Copeland

#Thinking Quotes #Dancer Quotes #Ballet Quotes

“I feel like half the battle is not giving up and staying positive. If you don't have anyone in your corner or anyone in your ear, being positive helps you believe that you can get through it.”

Source : Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.
“Sexual acts are one of the primary means by which we can act out our inarticulated inner lives.”
“An army formed of good officers moves like clockwork; but there is no situation upon earth less enviable, nor more distressing, than that person's who is at the head of troops which are regardless of order and discipline.”
“When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death-ourselves.”
“Retirement is just not in my DNA.”

Source : Rita Moreno (2013). “Rita Moreno: A Memoir”, p.178, Penguin
“I'm the most underdog underdog there is.”
“My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me.”
“A saint is a person who behaves decently in a shockingly indecent society.”

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