Misty Copeland Quotes

Being the only African American at this level in American Ballet Theater, I feel like people are looking at me, and it's my responsibility for me to do whatever I can to provide these opportunities in communities to be able to educate them.

Misty Copeland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dancer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1982

Topics

ResponsibilityPeopleMeLooking

That's the bulk of my lyrical output - being confused and trying to find answers to my confusion.

Jim James

ConfusedTryingFindConfusionBeing

I just don't like to talk about the past.

Jochen Zeitz

PastTalkJustLikeAbout

Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad's message made a whole lot of people feel whole again, human being again. Some of them came out and found a new meaning to their manhood and their womanhood.

John Henrik Clarke

PeopleFeelMeaningNewHumanOut

It's hard to reconcile my personal beliefs with an entire institution like the Church or the Republicans. Or with people within those political persuasions who have such different ideologies but confess the same things I confess spiritually.

Sufjan Stevens

PeopleChurchPoliticalPersonal

I think it's highly unprofessional to not make weight.

Robert Whittaker

ThinkWeightMakeI ThinkHighly

The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.

Milton Friedman

ScienceArchitectureGovernmentNever

The notion that you can endanger your physical and mental health by letting strong passions go unsatisfied is a vicious falsehood.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

HealthStrongMental HealthYouGo

I suppose subconsciously I was thinking in terms of having the scale of it matching the scale of the images. Hence the sort of string quartet, jazz band and electronic stuff.

Jonny Greenwood

ThinkingJazzBandMatchingStuff

I am a human being. I started out with virtually nothing. I worked my way up like so many businesspeople have and made ourselves great in this country. And that is what we have to make sure we preserve for our grandchildren and future generations all the way through.

Douglas R. Oberhelman

FutureGreatI AmGrandchildrenWay

I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to be a model.

Delta Burke

ActressModelWanted

I don't feel real confident expressing myself except when I'm writing. I feel kind of scatterbrained. I can see everything from both sides and that makes it hard to reach conclusions. Writing enables me to clarify things.

Conor Oberst

MyselfMeWritingConfidentReach

I did two films that have a great following. One is 'Caddyshack,' one is 'Tron.' To tell you the truth, most people don't know that it's me in both films.

Cindy Morgan

TruthGreatPeopleMeYouKnow

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