"In the Thirties, when I was in New York, I did the first surrealistic ballet in a show of mine."

-- Vincente Minnelli

#New York Quotes #Ballet Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Integrity requires that I discern what is integral to my selfhood, what fits and what does not-and that I choose life-giving ways of relating to the forces that converge within me: Do I welcome them or fear them, embrace them or reject them, move with them or against them? By choosing integrity, I become more whole, but wholeness does not mean perfection. It means becoming more real by acknowledging the whole of who I am.”
“When I first started making music, it was learning other peoples songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas.”
“The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty, and truth.”
“People who think they can just do a non-stop flight to mystical, non-dual thinking, to get it out without going through the process, are usually not right. That's airy-fairy thinking. They have to wait until they are hurt themselves, or they are cheated, or lied to or betrayed, and they will see that their non-dual thinking is not tested, or truly a gift of the spirit. It's simply fuzzy thinking.”
“Beware of what you want-for you will get it.”
“The true way to gain much, is never to desire to gain too much. He is not rich that possesses much, but he that covets no more; and he is not poor that enjoys little, but he that wants too much.”
“Ive been an engineer, barman, skip lorry driver, coalman, boat window manufacturer, contract grass cutter and builder.”
“Dictators are interesting, no?”

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