Suzanne Farrell Quotes

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• Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that I was as a child.
• You're never more of an individual than when you're a happy team player.
• Do not brood. It makes the moment you are living in unavailable for learning and life.
• Treat each class as if it were your first.
• I set as my goal to be the best dancer I could be. Not the most famous, or the highest paid dancer, just the best…
• When you are on stage in front of an audience, you want to engage the entire crowd. If a thousand people are in the theater,…
• When you are on stage you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes and you see just this black void out in front…
• I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that we were chic, sophisticated ladies. And I think that was…
• But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.
• Eating a healthy diet is not just about eating a few special foods. There's a bigger picture. You need to practice moderation, eat a variety…
• I loved the stage not because it provided an escape from myself or my humdrum life but because when the curtain went up I could…
• I had a wonderful childhood, coming from Cincinnati, and I think that it was great going into the life that I was going to have,…
• I didn't care too much for ballet, because you had to be more disciplined, and you sort of looked like everyone else. It required a…
• And I just thought, this is what I want to be. And I knew that dancing would be my chosen profession.
• I learned to love dance for its own sake.
• I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.
• I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales that we were required to translate in Latin, and all…
• I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's dresses and high heels.
• On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a discipline, it gives…
• I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

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