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I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#country #education #especially #government #i

No dancer can watch Fred Astaire and not know that we all should have been in another business. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#astaire #been #business #dancer #fred

I am not the first straight dancer or the last. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#dancer #first #i #i am #last

I really want to be a rock star. ↗

— Mario Batali

#really #rock #rock star #star #want

It's insane to try to balance the budget. ↗

— William Vickrey

#budget #insane #try

People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#because #children #experience #get #get married

and when you sense a faint potentiality for happiness after such dark times you must grab onto the ankles of that happiness and not let go until it drags you face-first out of the dirt-this is not selfishness, but obligation. You were given life; it is your duty to find something beautiful within life no matter how slight. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#beauty

Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#artists #colossal #creative #extraordinary #great

Every ballet, whether or not successful artistically or with the public, has given me something important. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#ballet #every #given #important #me

I really reject that kind of comparison that says, Oh, he is the best. This is the second best. There is no such thing. ↗

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

#comparison #i #kind #oh #really