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"I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury."
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"I absolutely loathe luxury. It is the one thing I cannot stand."

"Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor."

"I've got the luxury to tailor make the songs so I can sing them."

"Nell looks at the label and comes to.'Oh, I'd never wear it. I like to buy things on a cost-per-wear basis. This dress would probably work out at like...thirty pounds a wear. No. I couldn't.''You don't ever do something just because it makes you feel good?' The assistant shrugs. 'Mademoiselle, you need to spend more time in Paris."

"Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies."

"A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle."
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"Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism."


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


"I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent."


"My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment."


"I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving."
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