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"Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness."

"When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way."

"I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career."

"When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers."
Explore more quotes by Mikhail Baryshnikov

"I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting."

"I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying."

"Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important."

"You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing."

"Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great."
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