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Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.
Agnes de Mille
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Agnes de Mille
Age: 88 †
Born: 1905
Born: September 18
Died: 1993
Died: October 6
Ballet Dancer
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Harlem
New York
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If you want to understand a nation, look at its dances and listen to its folk songs - don't pay any attention to its politicians.
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Theater people are always pining and agonizing because they're afraid that they'll be forgotten. And in America they're quite right. They will be.
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I want one word on my tombstone - dancer.
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Toe dancing is a dandy attention getter, second only to screaming.
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The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
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A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.
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The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.
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