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“I think Twyla [Tharp] has a lot to say. The great thing about Twyla is that she continues to explore.” quote by Gene Kelly — Download Open image

“I think Twyla [Tharp] has a lot to say. The great thing about Twyla is that she continues to explore.”

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The only thing is that ordinarily when I do dance with [women] they think I am suddenly going to throw them over a table…

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In fact, I wasn't going to dance in Xanadu, but several journalists told me that Olivia Newton-John kept saying how sad she was that…

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I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is percussion and…

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I didn't want to move or act like a rich man. I wanted to dance in a pair of jeans. I wanted to dance…

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Things danced on the screen do not look the way they do on the stage. On the stage, dancing is three-dimensional, but a motion…

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If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.

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It fit into my scheme of things for many reasons. At the time it was true that male dancers were looked down upon, and…

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I don't understand the whole concept of doubles. They used to do that in the early sound films in Hollywood, but I thought we…

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I'll never starve.

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When I would create a dance, I wouldn't have the luxury that ballet people do when they take a piece of music and impose…

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You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams.

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When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.

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“Second letter from Mom: So! What if you colored the world? This still does not seem a great thing. In fact it seems very…

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I have so much respect for the country, I don't like blanket indictments. There's a lot of really great things about this country.

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In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary…

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The great thing about the arts, and especially popular music, is that it really does cut across genres and races and classes.

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I don’t know, I don’t know that I’m missing anything. I just think too much sometimes. Sometimes I’m even happy because I’m so engaged…

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The great thing about an independent film is that you're too busy working, and you're too busy hoping to God to get it done.

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Every great thing starts with an idea, followed by a doubt and finally a resolve to abandon or pursue. Victory is a treacherous journey.

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I have a large watch collection, and classic watches are especially important to me. I had a silver Rolex, and I actually gave it…

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