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"There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything."
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"I write to express my love for the humanity."

"It's so easy to be a poetand so hard to be a man."

"The thing that I fear discriminating against is humor and truth."

"After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."

"Express your feelings, no matter what. Make your every word beautiful, bright, and lovely. Make your every thought creative, caring, and lively."

"Stars don't need words to be heard, their beauty speaks for them."

"Dance to the music of your soul."

"Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter! My lord, if you will give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar, and daub the wall of a jakes with him. All cheer for Shakespearean insults."

"He seemed like the sort to have a vast arsenal of smirks, shaped over a decade of nonverbal conversation."

"Life is a sacred story."
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"Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism."


"I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies."


"It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was my own interior parental force, and it's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer."


"With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances."


"I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter."


"I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't."


"I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot."
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