"Dancing is being trusted with other people's guts; choreographing is trusting other people with yours. When I choreograph I'm giving a dancer something to do and trusting the dancer to do it and build on it."

-- Judith Jamison

#People Quotes #Giving Quotes #Dancing Quotes

“When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed.”

Source : "Jennie Finch on motherhood, marathons and being 'a machine'" by Jacque Wilson, www.cnn.com. March 9, 2012.
“Self-help books are for the birds. Self-help groups are where it's at.”
“You are trying not only to reach your potential but to move beyond it. If you are not in the best shape you can be, these things simply become more difficult to achieve.”
“Become one of those people who work hard, invest and build, and at the same time create employment and opportunities for others.”
“Be surprised by joy, be surprised by the little flower that shows its beauty in the midst of a barren desert, and be surprised by the immense healing power that keeps bursting forth like springs of fresh water from the depth of our pain.”
“When in Rome, do as you done in Milledgeville.”
“There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.”
“People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.”

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