Mikhail Baryshnikov Quotes

When a body moves, it's the most revealing thing. Dance for me a minute, and I'll tell you who you are.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dancer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 27, 1948

Topics

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When I first met Antonin Scalia, I was a small child with one brown ponytail atop my head. Which is odd, because I was a full-grown woman, and my hair was short and blond. Still, sitting on the black leather sofa in his chambers, I remember shrinking.

Joan Larsen

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Most of our customers want something glamorous. They want to be looked at, but not for the wrong reasons.

Jenny Packham

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I was the youngest child. I got to be myself and ask stupid questions because I was the youngest. It is so important to listen to the questions children have and reward them for the wondrous questions they ask.

May-Britt Moser

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In India, it's hard not to have Gandhi as a hero. To give up everything - including power and money - and to live for his countrymen, that beats everything else. He's a role model of selflessness.

Amit Bhatia

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I love the wry motto of the Paleontological Society, meant both literally and figuratively, for hammers are the main tool of our trade: Frango ut patefaciam - I break in order to reveal.

Stephen Jay Gould

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The fact is that a woman who aspires to be chairman of the board - or a member of the House - does so for exactly the same reasons as any man. Basically, these are that she thinks she can do the job, and she wants to try.

Shirley Chisholm

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You can't really indulge in anything when you're wearing a unitard. No bread, no beer, no anything delicious.

Tom Lenk

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I didn't give up my citizenship to create and run a news organization.

Roger Ailes

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If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.

Joseph Wood Krutch

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A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just performing martial arts. You're actually acting as much as any other actor.

Donnie Yen

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If I don't get along with Democrats, I'm sort of, like, out of business.

Donald Trump

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At this point in my life, I like the security of a job, while still having time for my young son and to pursue other creative work.

Chris Noth

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