Judith Jamison Quotes

My idea for the Jamison Project was rather like a pickup company. The idea was to give the dancers a taste of the menu. Today, dancers need to try as many companies as possible without having a drop-dead loyalty to me or anyone else. They like to have the leeway to go their own way.

Judith Jamison

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Music is supposed to be an escape. It's supposed to be somewhere you go, where you can be yourself, or be whatever you want to be.

Joel Madden

MusicYourselfBe YourselfYouWant

The guy that I worked on 'Thriller ' was a genius and he was 20 years old, but it was like working with a gifted 10-year-old. The guy who I worked on with 'Black Or White' was crazy. Michael had gone mad.

John Landis

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When your back is against the wall, your brain has to function at a high level.

Troy Carter

BrainBackWallHighLevelAgainst

As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I know that the CIA, Treasury Department, National Security Agency, and others work closely to keep tabs on the IRGC's operations.

Mike Pompeo

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Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

Jean de la Bruyere

TimeWorstFirstComplainMakeWho

Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.

Jon Meacham

SecurityOthersDisasterTakeSocial

I didn't understand the American fascination with the Japanese schoolgirl. No, I don't think I can, really.

Chiaki Kuriyama

ThinkAmericanI CanUnderstand

I listen to the Mars Volta and Fiona Apple every day. I feel if you do write music, you write what you listen to, and you couldn't possibly write in another genre. So those are the two that I usually use.

Christian Serratos

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I had a wonderful home life. My parents are the ultimate, wonderful supporters, so there was never a moment where I felt like I had to get away.

Colin Donnell

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Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens, but it leaves me free for remarkable ideas to occur.

Chuck Palahniuk

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I'm not much of a gym rat; I'd rather be running, but if it enables me to run faster, then I guess I can tough it out.

Ashton Eaton

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What a man does defiles him, not what is done by others.

William Golding

ManDoneOthersHimDoes

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