Gene Kelly

Dignity, always Dignity! ↗

— Gene Kelly

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At 14 I discovered girls. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing was courtship. ↗

— Gene Kelly

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I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox. ↗

— Gene Kelly

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I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally. ↗

— Gene Kelly

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I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls. ↗

— Gene Kelly

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I think dancing is a man's game and if he does it well he does it better than a woman. ↗

— Gene Kelly

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I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time. ↗

— Gene Kelly

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I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer end taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week. ↗

— Gene Kelly

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I'll never starve. ↗

— Gene Kelly

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My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered. ↗

— Gene Kelly

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