When I was young I was soft spoken and a little bit timid and passive. My dream then was to be a… — Evangeline Lilly Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm seeing myself in a different way than the people in the audience see me, 'cause to me, I think I… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Did I ever tell you my pet peeve?' No,' I said. People who dress up their pets to look like Little Lord… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
Being a ballerina, you don't ever want to show yourself less than perfect, ever. That's what your goal is: 24/7 perfection. — Wendy Whelan Copy Share Image
In what grade do we stop believing in ourselves? I asked. In what grade do we stop believing, period? I mean, SOMEONE… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life.… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
The prima ballerinas who taught me were far more scary than Gordon Ramsay. They'd scream at me and pull my legs and… — Jennifer Ellison Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a ballerina as a child - I had a tutu, and I used to stage my own ballets… — Lucy Hawking Copy Share Image
Fonteyn was our first proper British ballerina, and from the moment I started dancing, her image engulfed me. In my first year… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
I know there are a lot of eyes on me now from young girls, and it makes me so proud. The only… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
“Audience of angels descend in the ambiance reciting praises in your glory, when you wear your dance shoes, when you arrive at… — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
The first time the Kirov ballet was seen in America was on Sept. 11, 1961. The ballet was 'Swan Lake.' The ballerina… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Even at 13, I believed that the audience should think that the hardest combination of steps was effortless, and a ballerina's personal… — Michaela DePrince Copy Share Image
When I was little, I wanted to be a civil engineer. Not a ballerina, not a doctor, a civil engineer. I was… — Bitsie Tulloch Copy Share Image
As a child I wanted to be a ballerina, ice-cream van owner, wife of George Michael, a nun, and a music conductor. — Erin O'Connor Copy Share Image
It's very easy to become selfish and narrow-minded and see ballet as the only thing in life, but there's lots more. — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
I really enjoyed watching a ballerina named Denise Dabrowski who used to dance at California Ballet. She was a beautiful ballerina and… — Justin Peck Copy Share Image
I don't want to be anything else other than a ballerina. I love what I do outside of my work, but at… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun… — Karen Kain Copy Share Image
I think that the ideal physique and look of a ballerina is always changing with different eras. And it's continuing to change. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
“Dance resides within us all. Some find it when joy conquers sorrow, others express it through celebration of movements; and then there… — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
When I started, there was a very strong image of what the ballerina was supposed to be in her tights and her… — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
How awfully convenient for you, regardless. And for him. He won't have to worry about you spilling his secrets." "Yeah," Jace said.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“O wayfarer! Yearn finds quench, not in meadows, seashores or altitude of mountain peaks; but when being becomes dance.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
A ballerina's life can be glorious. But it does not get any easier. I don't think anyone must ever think about it… — Alicia Markova Copy Share Image
It's surprising to a lot of people because ballerinas look so long, but it's more of a proportion thing. Their legs are… — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
I wonder what it would be like if we all became what we wanted to be when we grew up? I mean,… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who… — Maria Tallchief Copy Share Image
I was very sensitive. I liked everything that touched fantasy and beauty. I dreamed of being a ballerina, but Mother said I… — Jacqueline de Ribes Copy Share Image
If my mother was taking pictures, I never wanted her to take the camera off me, ever. When I look at my… — Kiara Advani Copy Share Image
