Wendy Whelan Quotes

So much is made about the beginnings of ballet careers, the rosebud, and then once the petals and leaves start falling off, is it beautiful anymore? Some people think it is; some people don't. The expectation is to focus on the very beautiful parts, not the ending.

Wendy Whelan

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I always loved playing the sidekick, and that's what I expected - I didn't think I was pretty enough or diva enough to play the lead.

Jessie Mueller

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I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes.

Robert Smith

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I think a CEO lives or dies in whether he's been able to hold on to elements of culture that are needed in the company.

Anand Mahindra

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Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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If the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to live, our babies must live. Our mothers must choose life. If we refuse to answer the cry of mercy from the unborn, and ignore the suffering of the mothers, then we are signing our own death warrants.

Alveda King

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Failure was not an option for me.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

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I was turning down cigarette campaigns before it became fashionable. I wouldn't let CBS Radio sell 'The Stan Freberg Show' to R.J. Reynolds and American Tobacco, which had sponsored Jack Benny, the man I replaced.

Stan Freberg

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If a movie isn't a hit right out of the gate, they drop it. Which means that the whole mainstream Hollywood product has been skewed toward violence and vulgar teen comedy.

Roger Ebert

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My own memories are packed tightly away. I very rarely bring them out for viewing.

Robyn Davidson

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The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life.

Loni Anderson

LifeWhereWholeActressSimply

I've always loved 'lived-in' sci-fi. We take it for granted now, but it was a revelation in the late '70s - '80s, when movies like 'Alien', 'Escape From New York', and even 'Star Wars' introduced us to the idea that the future could, in fact, look old.

Antony Johnston

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Truth is the daughter of time.

Aulus Gellius

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