John Guare Quotes

The life of a dancer is tragically short. What is remarkable about the New York City Ballet is that it makes us forget that. Because it keeps the ballet alive.

John Guare

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I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements.

Joe Murray

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When you start worrying about form, then you're not in the moment.

Meredith Monk

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Here's the truth: Keystone XL won't make America energy-independent. It will threaten our land and livelihoods to pump Canadian tar sands' heavy crude through America and out to foreign countries, like China.

Tom Steyer

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So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job.

Monica Lewinsky

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My goal is to keep going out there and defending my belt and stacking up pay cheques to set myself up for the future.

Luke Rockhold

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I love playing music. And that's what it's all about.

Jason Aldean

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I'm a basketball guy. No sitcom guy. I don't care about all that jazz. I care about basketball. It's not me. And I stayed with what I did, and I'm very proud that I did that because I make a great living and I'm lucky and I get to be involved with the thing I truly love, and that's the game of basketball.

Dick Vitale

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Much can often be learned by the repetition under different conditions, even if the desired result is not obtained.

Archer John Porter Martin

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The secret I've lived by ever since I started earning money is this: Always buy a house with an extra bedroom adjoining the master. And that's always my closet.

Polly Bergen

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Hillary Clinton was a hugely important mentor for me. I don't talk to her every day, but sometimes mentorship means being able to watch somebody's leadership from afar.

Reshma Saujani

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I would rather have a small part in a really great movie than a big one in one that I'm not too psyched about.

Kristen Wiig

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A 20-pound weight on the back of a small horse is more damaging than a 20-pound weight on a very big horse.

Grover Norquist

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