Ballerina Quotes

63 quotes by 60 authors

The 'feminine' woman is forever static and childlike. She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny and girlish, her… — Susan Faludi
In what grade do we stop believing in ourselves? I asked. In what grade do we stop believing, period? I mean, SOMEONE has to be… — Chris Colfer
I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting. — Mary Elizabeth Winstead
When I was in school, I dreamed about becoming a psychiatrist or a ballerina. Like most girls I would dream about being a movie star… — Sharon Tate
A ballerina takes steps given to her and makes them her own. Each individual brings something different to the same role, — Maria Tallchief
Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an American… — Maria Tallchief
I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress. — Dakota Fanning
I wonder what it would be like if we all became what we wanted to be when we grew up? I mean, imagine a world… — Lily Tomlin
A toe shoe is as eccentric as the ballerina who wears it: their marriage is a commitment. — Toni Bentley
I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want… — Cat Power
I feel such a difference between a philologist/linguist and a linguaphile as, say, a choreographer and a ballerina. — KatÃ³ Lomb
My body is very different from most of the dancers I dance with. My hair is different than most I dance with. But I didn't… — Misty Copeland
I have no interest in being a trained ballerina. People should dance how they want to dance. I want to be the funky chicken. — Scott McClanahan
Wouldn't it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and… — Lily Tomlin
I work for perfection, for perfection's sake. I don't care what the external reasons are. And it's much more like a ballerina on opening night.… — Story Musgrave
At school I had a really hard time being a guitar player. Itâ€™s like being a male ballerina in a way. Itâ€™s not the norm. — Orianthi
And then you have the classical ballerinas, they're like sopranos. Applied to the dance. — Ninette de Valois
I'm still trying to change the way people see black dancers that we can become delicate dancers, that we can be a ballerina, — Michaela DePrince
If I could choose something besides fashion, I would love to be a ballerina. — Carine Roitfeld
The prima ballerinas who taught me were far more scary than Gordon Ramsay. They'd scream at me and pull my legs and arms, so after… — Jennifer Ellison

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