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"If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck."

"For what it's worth: trust your feelings. I can't promise that you'll never get hurt again, but I can promise you the risk is worth it."

"For there are two reasons why human beings face danger calmly: they may have no experience of it, or they may have means to deal with it: thus when in danger at sea people may feel confident about what will happen either because they have no experience of bad weather, or because their experience gives them the means of dealing with it."

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

"Any time you put yourself on the line, you risk (and maybe fear) failing, falling, being embarrassed, or looking stupid-none of which are comfortable."
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"I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant."

"I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else."

"I kind of lost interest in the classical dance. I was very much interested in the modern choreography."

"No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business."

"The Russian people get so insanely close to each other as friends. Their lives are interrelated so much on an everyday basis."

"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."

"To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing in life-in my case, dancing."
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