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Mahalia Jackson

"The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so."

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"The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so."

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"Dancing is a expression of desire, thoughts, and emotion in a distinctive way."

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"The pleasant surprise for me is that when I look into Tony's eyes, he's still 100% present, sharing everything that's going on. Acting with him is like a beautiful dance."

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"We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry."

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"Dance, as if nobody is watching. Love, as if you have never been hurt before."

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"Who is Mike Judge? Let me think. The only way I could possibly answer that question would be in a nonverbal fashion. I think I could do an interpretive dance that would answer that question for you."

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"Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!"

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"I loved fencing and dancing and elocution."

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"I never really did any disco dancing."

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"Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness."

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"It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test."
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"Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?"
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"God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands."
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"I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better."
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"The trouble with records is that they're too short."
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"Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me."
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"They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills."
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"Money just draws flies."
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