Misty Copeland Quotes

I think American Ballet Theatre is setting that standard now for classical ballet, that you can dream big, and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from, what your background is.

Misty Copeland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TheatreThinkAmericanYouLookNow

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

John Churton Collins

LifeMistakesThinkThinkingFeel

A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.

John Henrik Clarke

GoodGood TeacherTeacherAttention

Everybody has problems. Everyone has issues.

Ann Romney

ProblemsEveryoneEverybodyIssues

With Alien, because we always use a different director, each one kind of stands on its own. So I guess it's possible for them to make another one, but we have no plans.

Sigourney Weaver

AlienKindPlansPossibleDirector

I'm sounding like Oprah, but if you're not practicing contentment where you are now, you're not getting contentment when you get what you want.

Tony Hale

YouNowWantContentmentPracticing

In all my work I like to convey the fact that I like cooks, that it's noble toil and that it is hard.

Rocco DiSpirito

WorkHardNobleLikeToilFact

Power is getting things done without having to demonstrate that you can bulldoze it through. I'm most effective when I've studied an issue, when I can make a credible argument, and then bring people along.

Donna Edwards

PowerPeopleYouI CanArgument

Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.

Christopher Lee

TimeActorNeverTerribleTrick

You can't manufacture inspiration, so a lot of it is still a waiting game for me. There's still a lot of mystery to songwriting. I don't have a method that I can go back to - they either come or they don't.

Conor Oberst

WaitingMeGameMysteryYouBack

The world is a heartbreaking place, without any question.

Annie Lennox

WorldPlaceQuestionWithoutAny

After my touring life, I'd love to be more involved with charity. It gives me a lot of fulfillment, you know? I would love to get people who are into my music more active in charity work. In the future, when I have more time, I'd love to do spend more time on that.

Tiesto

LifeWorkLoveFutureMusicTime

Media were never allowed into an Australian dressing room until I became skipper. I changed that and invited them in at the close of play each day, thereby confirming for many administrators they had appointed a madman as captain.

Richie Benaud

DayMediaPlayCaptainNeverRoom

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