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Agnes de Mille

"Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will be."

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"Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will be."

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"The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary."
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"The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie."
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"Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little."
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"The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend."
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"To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking."
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"The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate."
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