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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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"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

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"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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"Around 7 years old, we girls took dancing lessons, joined the Brownies, the Girl Scouts, the 4H Club."

"Around 7 years old, we girls took dancing lessons, joined the Brownies, the Girl Scouts, the 4H Club."

Ruth Buzzi, American Actress

Dance, Dancing, Girls, Old, Years

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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

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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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"I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every different level, and if I could remix the song and do a dance remix, that's great. If I could do a classical version, that'll be great too. It's all just about expression."

"I think differently, I think it's about reaching everybody on every different plane and every different level, and if I could remix the song and do a dance remix, that's great. If I could do a classical version, that'll be great too. It's all just about expression."

Deborah Cox, Canadian Musician

Dance, Expression, Song

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"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 believe that dance communicates man's deepest, highest and most truly spiritual thoughts and emotions far better than words, spoken or written."

"I believe that dance communicates man's deepest, highest and most truly spiritual thoughts and emotions far better than words, spoken or written."

Ted Shawn, American Dancer

Dance, Thoughts, Emotions, Man

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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

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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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"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

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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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"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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"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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"Actually I dance really well on the floor."

"Actually I dance really well on the floor."

Oksana Baiul, American Athlete

45

"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

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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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"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

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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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"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

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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 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

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"Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot."

"Well, number one I like dancing. Number two I knew it would be challenging because I had never done this type of dance before. I always wanted to and I happened to have the courage to go out there and give it my best shot."

Evander Holyfield, American Athlete

Dance, Courage, Dancing

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"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

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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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"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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"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

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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

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"Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists."

"Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists."

Neve Campbell, Canadian Actress

Dance, Artists, Athletes

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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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"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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"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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"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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"Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!"

"Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!"

Chris Rock, American Comedian

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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

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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 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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"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

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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 knew I was happy when I was dancing."

"I knew I was happy when I was dancing."

Ajay Naidu, American Actor

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

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

Dan Rather, American Journalist

Dance, Democrats

41

"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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"What a joy it is to dance and sing!"

"What a joy it is to dance and sing!"

Angela Carter, English Novelist

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