"I had seen the ballet of Swan Lake as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring Erik Bruhn, that I first noticed how significant a part the ever-present threat of violence played. This juxtaposition of great beauty and grace with a backdrop of pure evil stayed with me for years."

-- Walter Dean Myers

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“Tis easier to make certain things legal than to make them legitimate.”
“'Reality' is a notion that journalists take for granted.”

Source : "Bad press: a new play gives journalists a voice" by Andrew O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2012.
“Soccer isn't very social. Plus, if you don't like someone on the other team, you can do something about it.”
“Kazim-Richards - there's only one. You type it into Google and nothing else comes up. My first names were meant to be Colin Kazim but the registry office got it wrong. There is no-one with that name - not even my mum and dad - just me - I love it!”
“I should not dare to call my soul my own.”
“Each of us, having received several hundred dollars, we passed the time gloriously, spending our money freely - never thinking that our lives were risked gaining it.”

Source : Kit Carson, Blanche Chloe Grant (2006). “Kit Carson's Own Story of His Life”, p.20, Sunstone Press
“I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.”
“I'm the worst rider. I'm a terrible rider. Me and horses are not a good mix. For some reason, people are always trying to get me on a horse in a movie.”

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