"If one had to define one essential gift with which a dancer needs to be endowed, there might be a rush of answers. A beautiful body, grace of line, graciousness of spirit, joy in the work, ability to please, unswerving integrity, relentless ambition towards some abstract perfection. Certainly all these factors determine a dancer's character, and every element exists in some combination within the performing artist's presence."

-- Lincoln Kirstein

#Beautiful Quotes #Dance Quotes #Integrity Quotes

“Phil Spector is probably a better date than Roman Polanski.”
“If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle”
“When you're reading my book, you're not in a four dimensional continuum, you're in my continuum, the Grossman continuum.”
“Open your eyes and look for some man, or some work for the sake of men, which needs a little time, a little friendship, a little sympathy, a little sociability, a little human toil....It is needed in every nook and corner. Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.”
“We should never go to war unless we have been attacked or are under direct, immediate threat of attack. Never. And never again.”

Source : "Iraq: Requiem for a Profound Misadventure". content.time.com. August 05, 2010.
“I often think a play gets better and better as you hit a stride because you really find new things. One of the great privileges of doing theater is you get so many at-bats - you get to try it eight times a week and every audience is different, everyday is different.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Stills belong in the lobby, not on the screen.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Our economy is a hundred times better, than the average African economy. Outside South Africa, what country is [as good as] Zimbabwe?.. What is lacking now are goods on the shelves - that is all.”

Source : Interview with Heidi Holland, December 2007.

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