"Ballet is important and significant - yes. But first of all, it is a pleasure."

-- George Balanchine

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“... he was sunset against the mountains, strong, vibrant, dangerous, and yet somehow sheltering, protective. And married. Picnic, meet rain.”

Source : Devon Monk (2009). “Magic in the Shadows: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.61, Penguin
“In nightlife you can become a star, while in the daytime you can just be a nobody.”
“I don't know which is more nutty. All this stuff I do outside of work, or the stuff I do all week.”
“Bach almost persuades me to be a Christian.”
“I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.”

Source : "Yogi Berra vs. Casey Stengel Quote War". Interview with Stan Silliman, bleacherreport.com. August 18, 2010.
“The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.”
“People who have only good experiences aren't very interesting. They may be content, and happy after a fashion, but they aren't very deep. It may seem a misfortune now, and it makes things difficult, but well--it's easy to feel all the happy, simple stuff. Not that happiness is necessarily simple. But I don't think you're going to have a life like that, and I think you'll be the better for it. The difficult thing is to not be overwhelmed by the bad patches. You must not let them defeat you. You must see them as a gift--a cruel gift, but a gift nonetheless.”
“Old father, old artificer, stand me now and ever in good stead.”

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