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I want one word on my tombstone - dancer. — Agnes De Mille

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend. — Agnes De Mille

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion. — Agnes De Mille

Dance in the body you have. — Agnes De Mille

The band will be going along, and somebody or another will say, 'I want to go off and do a solo career.' ... They come back, and other people come in. — Chris Squire

There is something fearfully strengthening about cutting free even if the ties bandage the heart itself. — Agnes De Mille

Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will be. — Agnes De Mille

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. — Agnes De Mille

I studied the way I danced- to the point of dropping. — Agnes De Mille

Dance constitutes a true recapturing of ... freedom and childish play. — Agnes De Mille

I am an atheist but I promise whenever there is complete freedom of religion I would worship you as my private and individual God. — M.F. Moonzajer

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful.. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking — Agnes De Mille

Loneliness forced me to be my own best friend. — Bertrand Blier

Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion. — Agnes De Mille

Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down ... and kissed him. And the world cracked open. — Agnes De Mille

Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out. — Agnes De Mille

Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible — Agnes De Mille

The only thing that holds back from your success is fear of the unknown — Thabiso Monkoe

If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians. — Agnes De Mille

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion. — Agnes De Mille

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate. — Agnes De Mille

Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming. — Agnes De Mille

Friends die one by one, but so, thank God, do enemies. — Agnes De Mille

What parent has it easy? I just never make the difficulty of it an obstacle. I just do it. — Marlee Matlin

Life, I announced, is not a B picture. Well, it ain't no De Mille epic either, boss. Things'll work out, Bernie. — Lawrence Block

Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. — Agnes De Mille

No white man uses his feet the way an Indian does. He talks to the earth. — Agnes De Mille

I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by Cecil B. De Mille. — Gloria Swanson

To make up a dance, I still need, as I needed then, a pot of tea, walking space, privacy and an idea. — Agnes De Mille

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently. — Agnes De Mille

My heroines are part of me and my heroes are part of what I'd like to know. — Agnes De Mille

If I am trying to please God, it is difficult to trust God. But when I trust God, pleasing him is automatic. — Emily P. Freeman

If Peter Pecker picked a pack of pecker partners, how many pecker partners would Peter Pecker pick? — Madison Parker

We have a thousand possible, but only one is the target. (Nous avons mille possibles, - Mais un seul est la cible) — Charles De Leusse

Does it make any sense at all that the chair of a national party would want fewer voters to see our candidates? — Hillary Clinton

My three C's of writing: chocolate, cat and computer. Check, check and check. — Wendy L. Schmidt

The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie. — Agnes De Mille