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We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.

Learning God Dance Live

Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.

Beautiful You People Be Strong

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more.

Josephine Baker

More Kings Much Palaces

I had always seen myself as a star; I wanted to be a galaxy.

Myself Always Galaxy Star

I found that dance, music, and literature is how I made sense of the world... it pushed me to think of things bigger than life's daily routines... to think beyond what is immediate or convenient.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Life Music Me Daily

Always have a black bow, a white bow, a rainbow bow - those bows will match literally just about everything!

Black Rainbow White Will

Black people should have recognition for themselves and their backgrounds and their relationships with other people in the world and thus lose some of their alienation. This museum has certainly stood for that in this town.

Katherine Dunham

People Black World Lose

You do not separate the human being from the actions he does or the actions which surround him, but you see what it is like to break these actions up in different ways, to allow passion - and it is passion - to appear for each person in his own way.

Merce Cunningham

Passion You Way See

Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.

Dance People Believe Back

Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is!

Happiness Sad Myself Good

I'm a good teacher and am great at observation and picking out what's wrong and fixing it.

Abby Lee Miller

Good Teacher Teacher Good Great

The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul.

Soul Body Simply Luminous

We can hear the silent voice of the spiritual universe within our own hearts.

Spiritual Universe Voice Own

I am a little bit of a softie, yes. Actually I don't think it's softness, I think it's kindness.

Kindness I Am Think I Think

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.

Beautiful Power Dance Yourself

Life is short, so go for things you enjoy.

Life You Life Is Short Enjoy

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.

Magic Genius Point Word

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

Work Hard Work Success Hard

You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look.

Gelsey Kirkland

Light You Look Feel

For me, the importance in learning about the dance is using it as a voice. It's not about a step, it's about a way to express oneself.

Learning Me Dance Step

When it comes down to it, it's giving people a good night out in a basic way and I think my company guarantees that. There's always something new and something to excite us and surprise us, and that's why people come back, I hope.

Good Hope People Night

I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I don't, I will crumble.

Dance Travel Will More

Before a long-haul flight, buy yourself a cheap, big, comfortable pillow. It makes a huge difference.

Yourself Difference Big Flight

When I'm in sneakers, it changes my body carriage. I feel more in my own skin.

Feel Skin My Own Body

Nearly everything in life goes in threes and fours.

Ninette de Valois

Life Everything Goes Nearly

I believe strongly in the power of arts education to engage and empower young people.

Education Power People Believe

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