"I was called a bookish child. Mother sent me to a ballet teacher in Cincinnati when I was nine years old. I guess I was an awkward child and the family wanted me to be graceful. When I found out I liked to dance and people seemed to like to watch me, I was determined to go places."

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

Vera-Ellen

#Mother Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Children Quotes

“For in the theoretical field bourgeois economics no longer engages in blithe and joyous fights.”
“What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.”
“When you start to treat the light weights like heavy weights, the heavy weights will go up a lot easier.”
“You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.”

Source : Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.31, Pan Macmillan
“When all a man has is worldly wealth, he is poor indeed.”
“He sleeps fastest who sleeps alone.”
“You [the teacher] do not merely insert a lot of facts, if you teach them [the students] properly. It is not like injecting 500 cc. of serum, or administering a year's dose of vitamins.”
“I think that, just like the art scene and the music scene is exploding in LA - I mean, let's face it: if you want to be an artist you cannot live in New York anymore because it is too expensive”

Source : "BWW EXCLUSIVE: Jon Bernthal Talks WALKING DEAD Season Premiere, Theatre Background & More!". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. October 16, 2011.

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