"The Dance can, with the aid of music, rise to the heights of poetry. On the other hand, through an excess of gymnastics it can also degenerate into buffoonery. So-called "difficult" feats can be executed by countless adepts, but the appearance of ease is achieved only by the chosen few."

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Source : August Bournonville (1979). “My theatre life”, Wesleyan

August Bournonville

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“Movies are about escape.”
“I just kind of change, constantly, what my focus is. So whatever is stimulating me or inspiring me at the time is what I focus on.”

Source : "Amy Jo Johnson in the flashpoint". IGN interview, www.ign.com. 10 July, 2008.
“I've worked with many directors, good ones and bad ones. So if I have a chance to work the good ones, I better put myself in their hands, and trust them, because that's my big opportunity to be different, and to be better than usual.”
“All of the writing on '30 Rock' is a joy to go into. It's pretty hot stuff.”
“Being compared to Ian Thorpe, that could be one of the greatest compliments you could ever get in swimming - being compared to him and Mark Spitz.”
“Most organizations fail in driving change.”
“We got Martha Stewart legitimizing homemaking for her generation, and then there's this return to being interested in all things home, lifestyle, and food again. I think this generation is less about the frills and more about the flavor of things.”

Source : "Nadia G. Dishes On Her Hunger for Life". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 17, 2012.
“The Mathemagician nodded knowingly and stroked his chin several times. â€œYouâ€™ll find,â€ he remarked gently, â€œthat the only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and thatâ€™s hardly worth the effort.”

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