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Dance Quotes

"What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it."

"What in heaven's name is strange about a grandmother dancing nude? I'll bet lots of grandmothers do it."

Sally Rand, American Actress

Dance, Dancing, Heaven, Name

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"Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started."

"Dance is very, very old. With Louis XIV at Versailles is where ballet started."

Neve Campbell, Canadian Actress

Dance, Ballet, Old

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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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"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

38

"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

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"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

38

"West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York."

"West Side Story was terribly important because of the style of the dancing and the gangs of New York."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

Dance, Dancing, Style

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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

38

"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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"My first vocation was dance."

"My first vocation was dance."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

Dance, First, Vocation

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"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

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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."

"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

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"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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"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

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"I am taking belly dancing now. My hips are double-jointed, so I can do it really easily."

"I am taking belly dancing now. My hips are double-jointed, so I can do it really easily."

Alexa Vega, American Actress

Dance, Dancing, Now

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"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

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"You don't go dancing in the day. You don't go golfing in the night."

"You don't go dancing in the day. You don't go golfing in the night."

Mark McKinney, Canadian Comedian

Dance, Dancing, Day, Night

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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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"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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"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

36

"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

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"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

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"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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"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 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

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"I used to teach dance lessons."

"I used to teach dance lessons."

Eartha Kitt, American Actress

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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

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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

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"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

35

"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

35

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

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

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

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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

34

"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

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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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"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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"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

34

"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

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"I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance."

"I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance."

e. e. cummings, American Poet

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"Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail."

"Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail."

Clive James, Australian Writer

34

"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

34

"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

33

"So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do."

"So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do."

Suzanne Farrell, American Dancer

Dance, Dancing, Desire

33

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

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

Henry Fielding, English Novelist

33

"From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance."

"From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

33

"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

33

"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

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"When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking."

"When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking."

Sarah Zettel, American Author

Dance, Cooking, Reading

33

"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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"Modern dancing is old fashioned."

"Modern dancing is old fashioned."

Samuel Goldwyn, American Producer

Dance, Dancing, Old

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