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To walk across the street is a risk.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 27
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Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
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Dancer
Film Actor
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Rīga
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov
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He [Astaire] was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.
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People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.
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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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