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Dance Quotes

"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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"They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it."

"They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it."

Dizzy Gillespie, American Musician

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"Also, if you have an accident, you can't start to dance again at the top, you're too weak; you start with the easy things - the way you did them when you were young, and come up up up, the way you did then."

"Also, if you have an accident, you can't start to dance again at the top, you're too weak; you start with the easy things - the way you did them when you were young, and come up up up, the way you did then."

Ninette de Valois, Irish Dancer

Dance, Accident

31

"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

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"My first vocation was dance."

"My first vocation was dance."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

Dance, First, Vocation

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"Now on the other hand, if someone is selling a product, opening a dance studio, or has some other aim to help themselves, then I tend to look askance at some of these strange stories from outer space."

"Now on the other hand, if someone is selling a product, opening a dance studio, or has some other aim to help themselves, then I tend to look askance at some of these strange stories from outer space."

Robert Stack, American Actor

Dance, Selling, Help, Now

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"When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers."

"When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers."

Bobby Vinton, American Musician

Dance, Dancing, Girls, Production, Singing

30

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

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

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

30

"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

30

"In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff."

"In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

Dance, Beginning

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"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 Le Bon, English Musician

30

"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

30

"I loved the atmosphere of the dance studios - the wooden floors, the big mirrors, everyone dressed in pink or black tights, the musicians accompanying us - and the feeling of ritual the classes had."

"I loved the atmosphere of the dance studios - the wooden floors, the big mirrors, everyone dressed in pink or black tights, the musicians accompanying us - and the feeling of ritual the classes had."

Suzanne Vega, American Musician

Dance, Feeling, Musicians, Ritual

30

"I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing."

"I went to dance classes from 9 in the morning until 1, then to school from 3 to 10 at night, always under the threat that if I failed a single course I could forget about dancing."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

Dance, Dancing, Forget, Night

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"I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted."

"I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted."

Mary Tyler Moore, American Actress

Dance, Responsibility, Sanity, Voice

30

"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

29

"I used to a lot. I used to go dancing."

"I used to a lot. I used to go dancing."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

29

"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

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"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

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"Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically."

"Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically."

Deborah Bull, British Dancer

29

"My dance classes were open to anybody, my only stipulation was that they had to come to the class every day."

"My dance classes were open to anybody, my only stipulation was that they had to come to the class every day."

Merce Cunningham, American Dancer

Dance, Class, Day, Open

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"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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"What I remember most about junior homecoming was my date getting sick afterwards. That kinda sucked. Then, senior year, someone got gum in her hair when we were dancing. She had to get one of the chaperones to take her to the office and cut up her hair. I felt really bad for her, but it worked out fine."

"What I remember most about junior homecoming was my date getting sick afterwards. That kinda sucked. Then, senior year, someone got gum in her hair when we were dancing. She had to get one of the chaperones to take her to the office and cut up her hair. I felt really bad for her, but it worked out fine."

James Lafferty, American Actor

Dance, Dancing, Hair, Office

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"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

29

"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

29

"Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?"

"Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena?"

Dan Rather, American Journalist

Dance, Democrats

29

"My grandmother had a Miss Margaret's School of Dance to teach tap and ballet to kids, but I never studied it. I was raised a Mormon and they're dancing fools. It's the only vice they have - dancing."

"My grandmother had a Miss Margaret's School of Dance to teach tap and ballet to kids, but I never studied it. I was raised a Mormon and they're dancing fools. It's the only vice they have - dancing."

Michelle Shocked, American Musician

Dance, Ballet, Dancing, Fools

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"Modern dancing is old fashioned."

"Modern dancing is old fashioned."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

Dance, Dancing, Old

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"If you can dance with your total being, you have achieved prayer."

"If you can dance with your total being, you have achieved prayer."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

Dance, Celebration

29

"Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you."

"Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you."

E. T. A. Hoffmann, German Critic

Dance, Dancing, Devil, Help

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"You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer."

"You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer."

Black Elk, American Leader

Dance, Vision, Old, Summer

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"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

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"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

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"I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing."

"I hope Britney doesn't get bummed out that Lindsey is a better singer. It is not Lindsey saying it, it's me. Lindsey would never say that. She's an actress first. It's just a bonus that she can dance and sing."

Virginia Madsen, American Actress

Dance, Hope, First, Saying

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"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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"Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts."

"Until quite recently dance in America was the ragged Cinderella of the arts."

Shana Alexander, American Journalist

27

"For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know."

"For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know."

Kate Seredy, Hungarian Writer

Dance, Yesterday

27

"I had to do a tango with Raft and I learned to dance in ballet shoes with my knees bent."

"I had to do a tango with Raft and I learned to dance in ballet shoes with my knees bent."

Marie Windsor, American Actress

27

"I used to teach dance lessons."

"I used to teach dance lessons."

Eartha Kitt, American Actress

27

"They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something."

"They said that Etta James is still vulgar. I said, Oh, how dare them say I'm still vulgar. I'm vulgar because I dance in the chair. What would they want me to do? Want me to just be still or something like that? I've got to do something."

Etta James, American Musician

27

"There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company."

"There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company."

Graeme Murphy, Australian Dancer

Dance, Company, Waiting

27

"When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn't say that I wasn't popular. I was a cheerleader when I was in junior high. I didn't make it in high school so I started a dance line."

"When I was in school, I was very involved with a lot of things. I was very very active. I couldn't say that I wasn't popular. I was a cheerleader when I was in junior high. I didn't make it in high school so I started a dance line."

Faith Ford, American Actress

Dance, Popular, School

27

"In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today."

"In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today."

Lincoln Kirstein, American Dancer

Dance, Anarchy, Authority, Democracy

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"Aerobic dancing is already adjusting to injury problems and will probably phase out to some extent."

"Aerobic dancing is already adjusting to injury problems and will probably phase out to some extent."

Kenneth H. Cooper, American Soldier

Dance, Dancing, Injury, Problems, Will

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"My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it."

"My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it."

Dan Fogelberg, American Musician

Dance, Dancing, First, Girls, Guitar

26

"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

26

"So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their ball game. It's their show. I think any successful composer learns how to dance around the director's impulses."

"So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their ball game. It's their show. I think any successful composer learns how to dance around the director's impulses."

Danny Elfman, American Musician

Dance, Successful, Exercise, Film

26

"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

26

"The dance world is too small in lots of ways - it's too intense, it rattles around itself, and it needs exposing to other ideas."

"The dance world is too small in lots of ways - it's too intense, it rattles around itself, and it needs exposing to other ideas."

Siobhan Davies, English Dancer

Dance, Ideas, Needs, World

26

"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

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