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Although I don't gamble in life - I've never played poker - I do gamble on stage. I gamble with myself: 'Can I do this?'
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
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Ballet Dancer
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Rīga
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don't care.
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I was not extremely patriotic about Mother Russia. I played their game, pretending. You have to deal with, you know, party people, KGB. Horrifying.
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I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing.
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You don't measure life by receiving awards.
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I would like to go and dance in Palestine one day, with great pleasure, great pleasure.
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I was never like, collect, collect, like people who go to auctions. I never spent a serious amount of time because I don't have any time!
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I get speeding ticket like everybody else. If the restaurant is full I'm waiting in line like everybody else.
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I cannot stand authority.
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