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"The purpose of work is to labor and invest time in your gift."

"Bolts work on nuts; pens work on paper. But you must work on yourself. Go, get working!"

"And uh, I'm glad that I still have my hands and my eyes to work with."

"When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who have that level of dedication. And I depend on that from everyone. From the director to my crews that I work with."

"Employment should not be your permanent assignment."
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"I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required a certain kind of conformity that I didn't feel like I wanted to do."


"When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in a way, the real world."


"Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child."


"I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that was a great sort of preparation, in a way."


"I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's dresses and high heels."


"I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes."


"I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great going into the life that I was going to have, where you have to start young as a dancer."
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