"The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations"

-- Robert Caro

#New York Quotes #Cities Quotes #Ballet Quotes

“To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul.”
“I don't particularly care about having [my characters] talk realistically, that doesn't mean very much to me. Actually, a lot of people speak more articulately than some critics think, but before the 20th century it really didn't occur to many writers that their language had to be the language of everyday speech. When Wordsworth first considered that in poetry, it was considered very much of a shocker. And although I'm delighted to have things in ordinary speech, it's not what I'm trying to perform myself at all: I want my characters to get their ideas across, and I want them to be articulate.”
“Sometimes you have to get down and dirty. It feels good.”
“It is science, and not religion, which has taught men that things are complex and difficult to understand.”
“They change their sky, not their mind, who cross the sea. A busy idleness possesses us: we seek a happy life, with ships and carriages: the object of our search is present with us.”
“To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.”

Source : Diana Wynne Jones (2012). “Fire and Hemlock”, p.254, Penguin
“When your life is over, the world will ask you only one question: 'Did you do what you were supposed to do?'”
“Meditation has really helped with keeping my center.”

Source : "Interview with Nikki Deloach, actress in the hit show Awkward". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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