Ballerina Quote by Misty Copeland Download Open image “As a child, I had been told that I was exactly what a ballerina should be.” — Misty Copeland ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ballerina Been Child Children Exactly Should
Being a ballerina can be a very unnatural life, especially after you've had children. — Darcey Bussell Copy Share Image
I was a ballet dancer growing up and that's what I was convinced I would be. — Candice Swanepoel Copy Share Image
I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress. — Dakota Fanning Copy Share Image
I think it was important that I learned to love to dance eventually for its own sake, as opposed to wanting to be a… — Suzanne Farrell Copy Share Image
I was a ballerina, and everything I did in dance was delicate, pretty. — Peyton Royce Copy Share Image
My mom always wanted me be a ballerina, and I was just adamant that I wanted to be a track star. I wanted nothing… — Emayatzy E. Corinealdi Copy Share Image
I had never a thought of training to be a ballerina. I was a normal child. I never dreamed of the tutu. — Sylvie Guillem Copy Share Image
I was born to be a ballerina - my physique, my spirit, my feeling for music. What I am can only be expressed in… — Natalia Makarova Copy Share Image
I stopped dancing when I was 17, but like all little girls I wanted to be a ballerina. — Angela Rippon Copy Share Image
I traced the marley floor with my pointe shoes, and imagine myself on the stage, not as a member of the corps, but as… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I moved to Torrance, California to train at a more advanced studio, and by 19, I joined the American Ballet… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
To be empathetic to everyone around you, I think, is such a powerful thing to hold. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
My first ballet class was on a basketball court. I'm in my gym clothes and my socks trying to do this thing called ballet. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
There are muscles that we have in our feet that most human beings don't even know that we have. The strength that we have… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
The woman represents ballet. She is most important, powerful and vital to it. Therefore, she is not "less than" a man. If anything she… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
If I'm put in a situation where I am not really sure what's going to happen, it can be overwhelming. I get a bit… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I never experienced getting nervous on stage. I think I was most comfortable there. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
The word "prodigy" was thrown around a lot, but I didn't understand what that meant, or the weight of it. It didn't really mean… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
I think that the ideal physique and look of a ballerina is always changing with different eras. And it's continuing to change. — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
Once you become a professional, to get through a ballet like 'Swan Lake' - four acts as the lead, changing character - the perseverance… — Misty Copeland Copy Share Image
To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
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,… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
“O wayfarer! Yearn finds quench, not in meadows, seashores or altitude of mountain peaks; but when being and dance are one.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance like breath.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“Dance as the narration of a magical story; that recites on lips, illuminates imaginations and embraces the most sacred depths of souls.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
Did I ever tell you my pet peeve?' No,' I said. People who dress up their pets to look like Little Lord Fauntleroys or… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it’s a mistake for me. [...] There’s just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don’t know how to express it, and I just want… — Cat Power Copy Share
Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an… — Maria Tallchief Copy Share Image
