Ruth St. Denis Quotes

Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature. art and religion.

Ruth St. Denis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dancer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 20, 1879 - July 21, 1968

Topics

LifeNatureWisdomArtReligion

People thought 'Classic Man' was processed. But then they realized, 'Oh, this guy actually is that man, and he actually dresses like that.'

Jidenna

ManPeopleThoughtDressesClassic

The rule I use is, If it doesn't come out of the ground looking the way it looks when you eat it, be careful.

Mehmet Oz

LookingYouLooksWayEatOut

I never had any ambition to be a star, or whatever it is called, and I'm still embarrassed at the word.

John Hurt

AmbitionNeverWhateverStarStill

I've been obsessed with seeing life through music. My records, my relationship with records, my relationship with rock stars, everything that surrounds it, has been really one of the only ways that I ever started to understand the world.

Jeff Tweedy

LifeStarsMusicRelationshipWorld

But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty.

Amy Sedaris

UglyPeopleThinkPlayAlwaysLike

I can't imagine going to an all-girls school. I went to a public school.

Amy Sedaris

SchoolImagineGoingPublic School

People value Halloween, like Valentine's Day, because they can tell themselves that it's not merely secularized but actually secular, which is to say, not Christian, Jewish, Hindu or Muslim.

Amity Shlaes

Valentine's DayDayValuePeopleSay

If you don't want to be a slave, stop acting like a slave.

Stefan Molyneux

YouActingStopWantSlaveLike

This is a highly competitive sport, and we are all very passionate when we are on the track.

Robby Gordon

PassionateCompetitiveTrackVery

No matter what the circumstances are, I've never seen Tom Brady come out and not give it all in practice. There's never any change in him. Whenever he's out on the field, he's giving it all, and he's just such a competitor.

Rob Gronkowski

ChangePracticeGivingCircumstances

I have to think about the future because, not that I'm bored with it now, but I can't live now, it's not my place to live now. I've got to live ahead of myself.

Ross Lovegrove

FutureLiveMyselfThinkPlaceNow

It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies.

Mike Leigh

YouMoviesWatchingObsessionOut

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