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Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violin in your hand and - ? No. I felt that way about acting, and I was taught to feel that way. I didn't come to it on my own. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#acting #come #dance #feel #felt

It's about that applause I want to speak to you. I want you to remember that when you've done a little dance or a song or sketch, the applause which you get is not only because you yourself have done your best, but because each of those men is seeing in you someone he loves at home, and because of you is able to forget for a little while the unhappiness of not being in his home, and in some cases the great tragedy of not knowing what has happened to the children in his family. ↗

— Noel Streatfeild

#applause #dancing #singing #stage #theater

Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while. ↗

— Charles Barkley

#back #does #eaten #even #going

Any professional league that goes on strike right now - that's just suicide. ↗

— Charles Barkley

#goes #just #league #now #professional

One thing about being famous is the people around you, you pay all their bills so they very rarely disagree with you because they want you to pick up the check. ↗

— Charles Barkley

#around #because #being #being famous #bills

My longing to improve my looks via The Body Shop is being replaced by my longing to improve my looks via Photoshop. ↗

— Gina Barreca

#body #body shop #improve #longing #looks

There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#death #difference #dying #enlightenment #fundamental

As mayor, I'm in the frying pan. I'm just sitting here on the griddle now, and I've got to really think, you know, do I want to stay here on the griddle? ↗

— Anthony A. Williams

#got #here #i #just #know

If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming. ↗

— Charles Barkley

#basketball #coming #direction #dunk #earning

Look, I'm in the top 20 of players who ever lived. ↗

— Charles Barkley

#i #lived #look #players #top