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"In the beginning, I had to trust that these acrobats were great at what they did and that they wouldn't come crashing down on my head. But our company is the best of the best; they can do everything. That's been the most exciting part of the show-incorporating the magic and the acrobats and the singing and dancing to make our Pippin."
"I have the picture of Barack [Obama] and me dancing right outside of my dressing room door, I see it every single day, and it makes me very happy."
"There's no room to Rhumba in a sports car."
"I see wings dancing around me Beleive in your dreams."
"I love music. I love going out dancing."
"I think it would be worse to get mauled by a dancing bear than just a regular bear because you can't totally blame the dancing bear."
"I was your typical struggling actress. I went to every audition, took a million acting, dancing and singing lessons and spent years wondering where my next meal was coming from."
"Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane. H. P. LOVECRAFT, attributed, Telling It Like It Is Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can't dance."
"A sense of humour is common sense dancing."
"She had heard Papa sing so many songs about the heart; the heart that was breaking - was aching - was dancing -was heavy laden - that leaped for joy - that was heavy in sorrow - that turned over - that stood still. She really believed the heart actually did those things."
"Wiggle 'til you're high, wiggle 'til you're higher, wiggle 'til you vomit fire."
"I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade, into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way."
"The sound of the rain needs no translation. In music one doesn't make the end of the composition the point of the composition... Same way in dancing, you don't aim at one particular spot in the room... The whole point of dancing is the dance."
"The Rolling Stones were an inkling towards an appreciation of the unity of music, dance and words. Any of the black R&B people who had a stage show that involved dancing, music and words did the same thing, except that I thought Jagger's words were good, his music was good and his dancing was good. I spoke to him about Blake and tried to get him to sing [William] Blake's The Grey Monk, to use his words as lyrics. He didn't do it. In the end, I did it myself."
"When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again."
"Good taste" is a virtue of the keepers of museums. If you scorn bad taste, you will have neither painting nor dancing, neither palaces nor gardens."
"While others were out partying, I was training. While they were out dancing at the clubs, I was training... and training... and training."
"And learn that the best thing is To change my loves while dancing And pay but a kiss for a kiss."
"Come swish around my pretty punk And keep me dancing still That I may stay a sober man Although I drink my fill."
"I have trod a measure, I have flattered a lady, I have been politic with my friend, smooth with mine enemy."
