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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.
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 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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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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If it doesn't look easy it is that we have not tried hard enough yet.
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If we followed our own advice, we'd be successful.
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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 have never had anything that I can remember in the business - and that includes all the movies and the stage shows and everything - that I didn't enjoy. I didn't like some of the small-time vaudeville, because we weren't going on and getting better. Aside from that, I didn't dislike anything.
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I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails.
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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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Do it big, do it right, and do it with style.
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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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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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And that love that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart.
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Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?
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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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I had some ballet training but didn't like it. It was like a game to me.
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Either the camera will dance, or I will.
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For ballroom dancing, remember that your partners have their own distinctive styles also. Cultivate flexibility. Be able to adapt your style to that of your partner. In doing so, you are not surrendering your individuality, but blending it with that of your partner.
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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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Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.
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Chance is the fool's name for Fate
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