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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."
Fred Astaire
"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."
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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."
Mike Judge
"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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"Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness."
Henry Fielding
"Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness."
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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."
Virginia Madsen
"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."
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"I used to teach dance lessons."
Eartha Kitt
"I used to teach dance lessons."
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"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
"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."
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"When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking."
Sarah Zettel
"When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking."
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"Modern dancing is old fashioned."
Samuel Goldwyn
"Modern dancing is old fashioned."
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"I'm more into beats than rhymes. I'm a huge fan of anything touched by the Neptunes. Dancing is kind of my thing. I go out with my friends as often as I can on the weekends, and I'm always drawn to girls with rhythm."
David Gallagher
"I'm more into beats than rhymes. I'm a huge fan of anything touched by the Neptunes. Dancing is kind of my thing. I go out with my friends as often as I can on the weekends, and I'm always drawn to girls with rhythm."
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"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
"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."
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"I collaborated on most of my dance numbers, literally 50/50, with the choreographers I worked with."
Jessie Matthews
"I collaborated on most of my dance numbers, literally 50/50, with the choreographers I worked with."
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"On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing."
Victoria Abril
"On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing."
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"I'm working on a screenplay right now for the BBC, but I hope to have the decks cleared soon so I can get into the studio with my pals and put down some more tracks, try to get a strong dance single together."
Irvine Welsh
"I'm working on a screenplay right now for the BBC, but I hope to have the decks cleared soon so I can get into the studio with my pals and put down some more tracks, try to get a strong dance single together."
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"If I talk about Charles Dance I am talking about something else, something I operate and wind up and have to make an impression with and use to transmit someone else's screenplay."
Charles Dance
"If I talk about Charles Dance I am talking about something else, something I operate and wind up and have to make an impression with and use to transmit someone else's screenplay."
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"There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company."
Graeme Murphy
"There's a line of dancers waiting to get into Sydney Dance Company."
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"It takes a lot of guts to get up on top of a bar and dance."
Piper Perabo
"It takes a lot of guts to get up on top of a bar and dance."
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"I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself."
Dule Hill
"I do eventually want to get back into performing, but right now it's more fun for me to dance for myself."
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"For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know."
Kate Seredy
"For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know."
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"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
"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."
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"I was taken to one place by a director, and he bought me a lap dance."
Lexa Doig
"I was taken to one place by a director, and he bought me a lap dance."
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"Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you."
E. T. A. Hoffmann
"Once you are dancing with the devil, the prettiest capers won't help you."
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"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
"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."
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"I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for "Six Feet Under", last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day."
Michelle Trachtenberg
"I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for "Six Feet Under", last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day."
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"When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way."
Wayne Dyer
"When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way."
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"Dance must have a precision without fault."
Arielle Dombasle
"Dance must have a precision without fault."
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"When the circumstances are right, everything becomes a dance."
Lynette Fromme
"When the circumstances are right, everything becomes a dance."
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"We were at our best when we were playing in the dance halls of Liverpool and Hamburg. The world never saw that."
Pete Best
"We were at our best when we were playing in the dance halls of Liverpool and Hamburg. The world never saw that."
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"I feel that the year ahead for me will be full of two of my favorite things: dance and acting."
William Kempe
"I feel that the year ahead for me will be full of two of my favorite things: dance and acting."
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"I mean whatever I do it's important that I put my stamp on it and keep it in my world, whether I'm doing a dance track or something like the Russian album for example."
Marc Almond
"I mean whatever I do it's important that I put my stamp on it and keep it in my world, whether I'm doing a dance track or something like the Russian album for example."
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"I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents."
Betty Grable
"I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents."
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"There's just something about dance. It's like a primal thing in all of us."
Patrick Swayze
"There's just something about dance. It's like a primal thing in all of us."
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"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
"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."
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"It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance."
Amanda McBroom
"It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance."
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"How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light."
Dar Williams
"How I long to fall just a little bit, to dance out of the lines and stray from the light."
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"There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish."
Warren G. Bennis
"There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish."
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"Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me."
Taye Diggs
"Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me."
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"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
"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."
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"Dance, as if nobody is watching. Love, as if you have never been hurt before."
Osho
"Dance, as if nobody is watching. Love, as if you have never been hurt before."
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"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
"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."
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"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
"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!"
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"The Argentine tango isn't here to play nicely with the other children. The Argentine tango is here to seduce your women, spill things on your rug, and sneak out your bedroom window in the middle of the night."
Seanan McGuire
"The Argentine tango isn't here to play nicely with the other children. The Argentine tango is here to seduce your women, spill things on your rug, and sneak out your bedroom window in the middle of the night."
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"We're the only dance in town. We don't compete with any professional teams for the entertainment dollar."
Hayden Fry
"We're the only dance in town. We don't compete with any professional teams for the entertainment dollar."
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"Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own."
Erica Jong
"Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own."
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"Dance every performance as if it were your last."
Erik Bruhn
"Dance every performance as if it were your last."
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"It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper."
Rod Serling
"It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper."
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"I dance because it makes me want to explode."
Bill Evans
"I dance because it makes me want to explode."
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"One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing."
Clive Barnes
"One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing."
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"On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap."
Barbara Cook
"On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap."
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"When I got a lap dance, because I was 17, they had to put a massive pillow between me and the girl when she was grinding me. It was weird, yet pleasurable."
Emile Hirsch
"When I got a lap dance, because I was 17, they had to put a massive pillow between me and the girl when she was grinding me. It was weird, yet pleasurable."
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"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
"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."
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