Jacques d'Amboise Quotes

Who am I? I'm a man, an American, a father, a teacher, but most of all, I am a person who knows how the arts can change lives, because they transformed mine. I was a dancer.

Jacques d'Amboise

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dancer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 28, 1934

Topics

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Cooking is chemistry, really.

Joel Robuchon

CookingChemistryReally

Edgar Allan Poe, an earlier UVA student, once complained in a letter that his stepfather spoke to him as if Poe were one of the black slaves; some of the students at UVA surely felt the same about being told what to do by faculty.

Matthew Pearl

BlackStudentHimSameBeingSlaves

I had a high school girlfriend whose mother gave us theater tickets, so I saw the second night performance of 'A Streetcar Named Desire.' My girl and I could not get up during intermission, we were so stunned. To this day it's the only thing I've seen on stage that's 100 percent real and 100 percent poetic simultaneously.

Mike Nichols

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A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

Joyce Cary

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At least Obama was half-way honest about how much he was going to spend on health care. He had it at $600 billion. And the real number... is $1.2 trillion.

Judd Gregg

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I feel like some of my baby fat is going away, and that's not just physically, it's psychologically. I think that your body is in tune with your mind and your spirituality and your heart. If things are going better, I just think you look better.

Drew Barrymore

HeartMindBabyThinkBetterFat

Both my parents had heavy accents, and so did everybody they knew. It's a rhythm thing - people who speak English where they have to hesitate and think of the right word. And I think it rubbed off.

Christopher Walken

ParentsPeopleSpeakThinkRhythm

In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them.

Colleen Atwood

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That's why I named my album 'Finding Forever,' because that's what I was thinking about: What did I want to contribute to this world that would live beyond my physical existence?

Common

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There is always something new out of Africa.

Pliny the Elder

NewAfricaAlwaysOutSomething

I wish I had more confidence.

Seann William Scott

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You cannot force somebody to be a different person.

Sergio Ramos

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