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"I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is."
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"If you need an alarm clock, you need a new job."
"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."
"The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being."
"So many people think they need to have serious equipment. In the magazines and the media, they see all this stylish stuff, especially on TV, and they think, That's what I need to make it work. You don't. I'm attempting a little bit of liberation here."
"The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well."
"Labor is a man crowning glory.""Not this man's.""I quote Marx"I raised my hands. The pickaxe handle had been rough."I quote blisters."
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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."
"You cannot be happy with your family while being personally unhappy with your work. It's a Catch-22 kind of thing."
"No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business."
"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."
"I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography."
"Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great."
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