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"Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people."

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"Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people."

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"I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work."
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"Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music."
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"One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody."
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"One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people."
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"Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff."
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"The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time."
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"Sometimes you feel bad about yourself when there's no reason to."
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"I always want more."
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"Nothing personal; I just don't have people over."

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"I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people."

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"But all that having been said, you can't, in a city of a million people like Karbala, or 5 million like Baghdad, you can't be in all places at all times."

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"It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America."

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"But doing what I do, you will never get unanimity of people."

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"I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful."

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"I'm not going to let people get away with either a dishonest or inaccurate premise to what we're talking about because I think that does the viewer a disturbance."

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"Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do."

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"You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening."

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