"A dancer must listen to his body and pay homage to it. Behind the movement lies this terrible, driving passion, this necessity. I won't settle for anything less."

-- Martha Graham

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“I had people in 'Entertainment Weekly' talking about how they wanted to throttle me because they thought I was too disgustingly cute, as if that were my fault, you know, as if that was my fault, not the fault of directors and producers and such.”
“She had had no idea what it would do to her seeing him in a suit.”
“To really talk about African story, and teach this story, you have to teach that tribes were actually nations. You have to teach that chiefs were actually kings, with kingdoms. You have to teach that there was a structure that worked in Africa prior to colonialism. You have to teach that countries were colonized that were doing fine by themselves. And that's uncomfortable.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Scientific apparatus offers a window to knowledge, but as they grow more elaborate, scientists spend ever more time washing the windows.”
“I don't really talk about this because it seems indulgent, but I lost my hair, I'm bald, I had alopecia in my teens. That was back in the late '80s, well before people shaved their heads. So it's probably one of the reasons why I have been obsessed with that age, because it's locked in time where I feel like I had this personal loss that so affected my vanity, and I don't really feel like I handled it well. I'm so much older now, so it's not a big deal, but when I think back at it, I can conjure up how I felt then.”
“I started taking ballet lessons when I was three and a half and I still take dance classes.”

Source : "Oksana Baiul: Online Interview". Golden Skate Interview, www.goldenskate.com. March 7, 2003.
“You know, there's a right and wrong way to do everything.”
“There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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