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We attend to his later performances as a dramatic actor with respect, but watching the nondancing, nonsinging Astaire is like watching a grounded skylark.
Fred Astaire
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Fred Astaire
Age: 88 †
Born: 1899
Born: May 10
Died: 1987
Died: June 22
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I inherited the knowledge that sometimes (talents) not only skip a generation, but sometimes run screaming from it. Ironically, it was the singing non-ability that helped feed my love of laughter.
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If we followed our own advice, we'd be successful.
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In dealing with a girl or a horse, one lets nature take its course
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I don't remember anybody ever pointing me out as a dancing prodigy, but I played a not bad second base.
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Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.
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I am bit sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough and the old applause.
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I have no desire to prove anything by dancing ... I just dance.
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Oh, there's no such thing as my favorite performance. I can't sit here today and look back, and say, Top Hat was better than Easter Parade or any of the others. I just don't look back, period. When I finish with a project, I say 'all right, that's that. What's next?'
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And that love that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart.
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I have no desire to prove anything by my work. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means of expressing myself. I just dance.
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This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.
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It's nice that all the composers have said that nobody interprets a lyric like Fred Astaire. But when it comes to selling records I was never worth anything particularly except as a collector's item.
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I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails.
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Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?
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If the dance is right, there shouldn't be a single superfluous movement.
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Be yourself-but don't be conspicuous.
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I often take a brand-new suit or hat and throw it up against the wall a few times to get that stiff, square newness out of it.
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It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.
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There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're still saying Astaire is a hell of a dancer.
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Do it big, do it right, and do it with style.
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