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"The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis."
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"I do think you feel a little bit like you are preying on people's lives."

"People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone."

"Still and all, why bother? Here's my answer. Many people need desperately to receive this message: I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone."

"People who see beauty all around them live in a beautiful world. People who see danger all around them live in a dangerous world."
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"I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else."

"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 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."

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

"I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people."

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

"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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