Famous Quotes & Sayings

Twyla Tharp

Desire is the first thing a modern dancer should have. Skill can be developed. But if you don't have desire as a modern dancer, forget it.

Twyla Tharp

When I say I can see through clothes, sometimes I try to use it as an X-ray vision to look into the dancer and see who this dancer is right now, at this exact moment in time. I live inside them in a way.

Dick Van Dyke

I've always been a bit of an orphan, because actors say, 'Well, he's more of a dancer.' And dancers say, 'No. He's really a singer.' And singers say, 'No. He's an actor.'

Bebe Neuwirth

I'll always be a dancer first, ... Chicago.

Dan Phillips

I was a dancer of no repute. But dance taught me a lot. You walk into a dance studio knowing you have to walk out with a dance. You improvise.

Sheridan Smith

As a kid, I was a dancer in Dick Whittington, Snow White and Cinderella. When I was 14, I played Baby Bear. I had a big head on, and you couldn't see my face. My mum was very disappointed.

Jane Seymour

I just did a film in which I had to be a dancer and I was able to do all kinds of extraordinary things. A lot of people turn 50 and talk about what they're not going to do anymore. I embarked on something that I'd wanted to do when I was 5.

David Foster

I told Celine Dion not to record that 'Titanic' song. That's about as big as you can get. 'Flashdance?' I thought, 'Welder by day, disco dancer by night - who wants to see that?'

Francia Raisa

I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'

Stephen Daldry

Leon has an exceptional combination of talents - he is an excellent ballet dancer, fantastic gymnast and contemporary dancer, and he can sing.

Thom Cooper

Miller has had the Russian National Ballet perform several ballets over the years. They are an outstanding company of dancers.

Bill Conti

Mozart's job classification was to write music, which he did for ballets and operas. He got paid to do that, and taught on the side. He wasn't a waiter. He didn't sell mutual funds. Those are all noble professions, but if you want to be a professional composer, then you're writing dramatic music for film and television.

Sarah Shahi

My favorite workouts are the ones that don't feel like I'm working out! So, dance is a big one. Another is any kind of isolated moves, like ballet moves. Anything that works the glutes and legs - sign me up! And I like to blast the music. I have to get lost in the music. That helps.

Robert Caro

My favorite ballet is Jewels. I don't think I've seen that more than four times. And each time you see it, you see something new in it.

Toni Tennille

My years of ballet and jazz dance lessons didn't make me any more graceful - they just helped keep me from bumping into the furniture on stage.

Twiggy

Ballet pumps are the dream shoes because they are so comfortable. They look great both with jeans and summer dresses; and you can even wear the right pair with an evening gown.

Twyla Tharp

It's very difficult for me to do fund raising for my own organization if I'm working for other companies because sponsors will say, 'Well, hey, man, if she's doing a ballet for Ballet Theatre, we'll give money to Ballet Theatre.'

Raymond Rodriguez

I feel that Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley is strong and on the right path for establishing an institution that will thrive for many years to come.

Charles R. Swindoll

We gain the ability to rejoice under pressure through a carefully monitored training program directed by the Lord Himself.

Denis Lavant

There's no doubt that I owe a lot to my training of stage acting.

Mike Thibault

From that standpoint, it kind of makes for a very competitive training camp.

Eleanor Tomlinson

I haven't done any training. I come from a family of actors, but I haven't done any training.

Abdus Salam

Mankind spends much more on training pilots of aircraft than it does to train the nuclear reactor operators.

Allen Ward

We know the cabin, we know the people, we know the training and we know the job.

David Ginola

I loved being back out on the pitch. Although I have not been in full training, I felt pretty good.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

I didn't mind basic training. It taught me that something that seems impossible at the start can be achieved.

Deena Kastor

I simply adore the exhaustion that comes with training hard.