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Dance Quotes

"I use dancing to embellish, extend or enlarge upon an existing emotion."

"I use dancing to embellish, extend or enlarge upon an existing emotion."

Gower Champion, American Director

Dance, Dancing, Emotion

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"You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights."

"You can't fool television viewers with dancing girls and flashing lights."

Bob Barker, American Actor

Dance, Dancing, Fool, Girls, Television

3

"Finally, you get the job, and you think you'll be dancing on the ceiling, but I just wanted to go take a nap. It was just like a weight had been lifted off or something."

"Finally, you get the job, and you think you'll be dancing on the ceiling, but I just wanted to go take a nap. It was just like a weight had been lifted off or something."

Josh Duhamel, American Actor

Dance, Dancing, Job, Weight

3

"I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom."

"I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom."

Bob Hope, American Comedian

Dance, Brothers, Waiting

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"You're being cast for your acting ability. It's not based on the way your body functions. If you're playing a lead in a movie, it's for that character and they'll tailor it to you. In a dance company, you have to fit in a definite mold."

"You're being cast for your acting ability. It's not based on the way your body functions. If you're playing a lead in a movie, it's for that character and they'll tailor it to you. In a dance company, you have to fit in a definite mold."

Neve Campbell, Canadian Actress

Dance, Character, Ability, Acting

3

"I would rather be having a burger and beers with my mates but I can't do that when I know I've got to dance."

"I would rather be having a burger and beers with my mates but I can't do that when I know I've got to dance."

Michael Flatley, Irish Dancer

3

"I keep all my clothes on in House on Haunted Hill, Mary Jane's Last Dance, and The Way of the Gun."

"I keep all my clothes on in House on Haunted Hill, Mary Jane's Last Dance, and The Way of the Gun."

Taye Diggs, American Actor

3

"I have never had a lap dance in Tampa or any other part of Florida. If I ever did have a lap dance, I don't think I would be discussing television ideas with the girl that was giving it to me."

"I have never had a lap dance in Tampa or any other part of Florida. If I ever did have a lap dance, I don't think I would be discussing television ideas with the girl that was giving it to me."

Stan Lee, American Writer

Dance, Ideas, Giving, Television

3

"There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration."

"There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration."

Lewis Carroll, English Author

Dance, Strength, Will

3

"It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in traditional Chinese dance, and after working so hard it seemed unfair to just disappear into a group."

"It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in traditional Chinese dance, and after working so hard it seemed unfair to just disappear into a group."

Ziyi Zhang, Chinese Actress

Dance, Actor, Want

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"There's just something about dance. It's like a primal thing in all of us."

"There's just something about dance. It's like a primal thing in all of us."

Patrick Swayze, American Actor

3

"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution."

"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution."

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian Activist

Dance, Revolution, Want

3

"I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance."

"I used to dance when I was younger - ballet and modern dance."

Nastassja Kinski, German Actress

3

"It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways! Dance in cellars!"

"It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways! Dance in cellars!"

Alexander Woollcott, American Critic

3

"Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?"

"Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?"

Alice Walker, American Author

Dance, Attention, Faces, Trees

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"I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it."

"I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

3

"One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing."

"One of my favorite stories was Black Orchid, because it was so different from all the others. I especially enjoyed dancing the Charleston. I have always been keen on dancing."

Sarah Sutton, British Actress

Dance, Dancing, Favorite

3

"I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together."

"I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together."

Vanessa Carlton, American Musician

Dance, Dancing, Years

3

"It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance."

"It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance."

Amanda McBroom, American Musician

3

"I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around."

"I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around."

Fred Astaire, American Actor

Dance, Dancing, Desire, Feet

3

"I was taken to one place by a director, and he bought me a lap dance."

"I was taken to one place by a director, and he bought me a lap dance."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

3

"One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing."

"One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing."

Clive Barnes, English Journalist

Dance, Ballet, Dancing

3

"I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing."

"I can not remember even thinking that I was deaf when I was dancing."

Stephanie Beacham, English Actress

Dance, Dancing, Thinking

3

"I just finished a film with Michael Radford called Dancing at the Blue Iguana."

"I just finished a film with Michael Radford called Dancing at the Blue Iguana."

Daryl Hannah, American Actress

Dance, Dancing, Film

3

"On the other hand in London you can get an audience that desires dance to go as far as it can go: they've seen the bricks of ideas built over a period so therefore there is an acceptance of what otherwise might seem out on a limb."

"On the other hand in London you can get an audience that desires dance to go as far as it can go: they've seen the bricks of ideas built over a period so therefore there is an acceptance of what otherwise might seem out on a limb."

Siobhan Davies, English Dancer

Dance, Ideas, Acceptance, London

3

"Dance as if you got lost in the mystery and beauty of life."

"Dance as if you got lost in the mystery and beauty of life."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Dance, Mystery, Life, Beauty

3

"I feel that the year ahead for me will be full of two of my favorite things: dance and acting."

"I feel that the year ahead for me will be full of two of my favorite things: dance and acting."

William Kempe, English Actor

Dance, Acting, Favorite, Will

3

"I loved fencing and dancing and elocution."

"I loved fencing and dancing and elocution."

Vivien Leigh, English Actress

2

"Here, like everywhere else, laughing and singing, dancing and dreaming are not exactly the whole of reality; and for one ray of sun shining on the hut, the rest of the village remains in the dark."

"Here, like everywhere else, laughing and singing, dancing and dreaming are not exactly the whole of reality; and for one ray of sun shining on the hut, the rest of the village remains in the dark."

Simone Schwarz-Bart, French Novelist

Dance, Dancing, Reality, Rest, Singing

2

"I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart."

"I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart."

Jennifer Ellison, English Actress

2

"We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops."

"We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops."

Simon LeBon, English Musician

2

"Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved."

"Ballet-girls have a bad reputation, which is in most cases well deserved."

Henry Mayhew, English Journalist

Dance, Ballet, Reputation

2

"I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance."

"I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance."

Gregory Hines, American Actor

Dance, Dancing, Parents, Talk

2

"On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance."

"On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance."

George Stephen, Canadian Businessman

Dance, Fact, Fiction, Horror

2

"I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap."

"I'll dance to anything: Bob Marley or rap."

Francesca Annis, English Actress

2

"I never really did any disco dancing."

"I never really did any disco dancing."

Barry Gibb, English Musician

2

"The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers."

"The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers."

Louise Brown, English Celebrity

Dance, Dancing, Girls, Will

2

"I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there."

"I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there."

Fred Astaire, American Actor

Dance, Dancing, Man, Old, Want

2

"Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own."

"Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own."

Erica Jong, American Novelist

2

"If you look at my eyes when I'm dancing, you'll see that glazed look."

"If you look at my eyes when I'm dancing, you'll see that glazed look."

Ben Stiller, American Comedian

Dance, Dancing, Eyes

2

"I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career."

"I think it's a lot harder for the pros to have a long career in ice dance and in pairs. It seems the singles have a little bit of a longer career."

Nancy Kerrigan, American Athlete

2

"Sometimes, when I'm alone, I put on six inch heels and wear nothing else and dance around in front of the mirror and do my little stripper dance."

"Sometimes, when I'm alone, I put on six inch heels and wear nothing else and dance around in front of the mirror and do my little stripper dance."

Tori Spelling, American Actress

2

"How can you practice dancing in an airplane? There's a law against it."

"How can you practice dancing in an airplane? There's a law against it."

George Murphy, American Dancer

Dance, Dancing, Law, Practice

2

"And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance."

"And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance."

Ninette de Valois, Irish Dancer

2

"Their way of Dancing, is nothing but a sort of stamping Motion, much like the treading upon Founders Bellows."

"Their way of Dancing, is nothing but a sort of stamping Motion, much like the treading upon Founders Bellows."

John Lawson, British Explorer

Dance, Dancing, Nothing

2

"The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing."

"The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing."

Twyla Tharp, American Dancer

2

"I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber."

"I like to dance, but it's not my weekend activity. I'm not a clubber."

Ewan McGregor, Scottish Actor

2

"I am dumb when it comes to learning dance steps."

"I am dumb when it comes to learning dance steps."

Mia Kirshner, Canadian Actress

Dance, Dumb, Learning

2

"If you're looking for a deep album or you're looking for me to talk about past situations, it's not even about that. It's just 14 hot records that are gonna make you dance."

"If you're looking for a deep album or you're looking for me to talk about past situations, it's not even about that. It's just 14 hot records that are gonna make you dance."

Puff Daddy, American Musician

Dance, Deep, Past, Talk

2

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

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

Henry Fielding, English Novelist

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