"If I could tell you what it meant, there would be no point in dancing it"

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Isadora Duncan

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“Some readers tell me, 'We always treated our maid like she was a member of the family.' You know, that's interesting, but I wonder what your maid's perspective was on that.”
“Rise early. Fix a time-table to which you must try to keep. One seldom regrets having made an early start, but one always regrets having set off too late; first for reasons of safety-the adage 'it is later than you think is very true in the mountains-but also because of the strange beauty of the moment: the day comes to replace the night, the peaks gradually lighten, it is the hour of mystery but also of hope. Setting off by lantern-light, witnessing the birth of a new day as one climbs to meet the sun, this is a wonderful experience”
“I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective.”
“The countries who out-educate us today will out-compete us tomorrow.”
“Men are built, not born.... Give me the baby, and I'll make it climb and use its hands in constructing buildings of stone or wood.... I'll make it a thief, a gunman or a dope fiend. The possibilities of shaping in any direction are almost endless...”
“Jesus showed us how to be courageous and sacrificial while we die for our beliefs, not while we kill for them.”
“I'm a tremendous believer and supporter in hip-hop and rap.”
“The perception of beauty is a moral test.”

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