Ballet Quotes · Page 35

I went to an all-boys school, where I played rugby, so ballet wasn't the coolest thing to do.

— Tom Holland

I had been a ballet dancer and never could make a living, and just being so excited that I got to, all…

— Lea Thompson

I take class. I'm always ballet ready. I'm ready to go - got my tights and my shoes.

— Joan Chen

At the Paris Opera Ballet, they were always making choices for me.

— Sylvie Guillem

Ballet is the body rising. Ballet is ceremonial and hieratic. Its disdain for the commonplace material world is the source of its…

— Camille Paglia

Ballet is completely unnatural to the body, just being turned out... it's not the way your body is supposed to function, so…

— Neve Campbell

Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it.

— Robert Gottlieb

I have never felt oppressed by women or that feminism is a problem. I do think boys find it hard to like…

— Matt Haig

I've been very physical my whole life. I've done a lot of ballet, fencing and karate, and everything.

— Ashley Bell

As a little girl, I didn't dream of being a ballet dancer; I dreamt of being a movie star like Ginger Rogers…

— Darcey Bussell

The first good player I watched as a kid was Joe DiMaggio, and that was like ballet. Since then, I played sandlot…

— Mario Cuomo

Ballet was just something that I always wanted to do.

— Mary Helen Bowers

If mutual fund directors are independent, then I'm the lead character in the Bolshoi Ballet.

— Charlie Munger

Yeah, unfortunately [ films like Miss Julie are a dying breed]. And that is sad, because we need these. Like we need…

— Liv Ullmann

Ballet is a dance executed by the human soul.

— Alexander Pushkin

I was born in Toronto and studied with the National Ballet of Canada. I went to school to study dance, slept on…

— Laurieann Gibson

I went to Westside School of Ballet in L.A. and I was climbing through the ranks. Then I got to pointe shoes…

— Helene Yorke

“When a dancer performs, melody transforms into a carriage, expressions turn into fuel and spirit experiences a journey to a world where…

— Shah Asad Rizvi

I go to ballet five days a week. I would love to go to a fashion show one day, because I never…

— Elle Fanning

I was very happy that I was as normal as possible before I went into serious dance.

— Suzanne Farrell

Country music as a genre, as an art form, is just as valid out there in the pantheon of the arts as…

— Marty Stuart

The muscles that are used in Ballet Beautiful are similar to those used in classic ballet. They're also muscles that don't get…

— Mary Helen Bowers

Ballet opens up the chest and the arms and elongates the body, so you carry yourself straighter. That's so important for a…

— Mary Helen Bowers

There were some parts of the film [Swiss Army Man] that the Daniels [Kwan and Scheinert] really wanted to look as elegant…

— Daniel Radcliffe

The rumor is that when I was younger, I didn't like to sweat and I didn't like to run, and both of…

— Jessica Korda