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> [My mother never learned English, but in Russia, the greatest thing was to give a child to the arts. And so they gave me to the ballet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-karnilova/my-mother-never-learned-english-but-in-russia-the-greatest-thing-was/)

Maria Karnilova

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## More by Maria Karnilova

> [If you relax too much, the subconscious plays the role; the conscious does something else, rather than the other way around, which is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-karnilova/if-you-relax-too-much-the-subconscious-plays-the-role-the-conscious/)

Maria Karnilova

> [Once on stage, I was thinking of something else, and I forgot my line. I became so frightened. The girl I was playing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-karnilova/once-on-stage-i-was-thinking-of-something-else-and-i-forgot-my-line-i/)

Maria Karnilova

> [At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of the Metropolitan Opera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-karnilova/at-7-i-was-at-the-barre-and-dancing-at-folk-festivals-then-i-was-a/)

Maria Karnilova

> [My mother never learned English, but in Russia, the greatest thing was to give a child to the arts. And so they gave me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-karnilova/my-mother-never-learned-english-but-in-russia-the-greatest-thing-was/)

Maria Karnilova

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