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Mikhail Baryshnikov

"It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company."

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"It's weird when you see pieces of choreography that were done for you 15 or 20 years ago and now they are being done by another dance company."

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"He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying."

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"I wanted to be Gene Kelly. Well really, I just wanted to dance with Cyd Charisse."

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"I would rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach 10,000 stars how not to dance."

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"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."

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"You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing."
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"I have some Russian friends. But probably only 10 percent. I don't hang out usually in the big Russian communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey."
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