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I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together. ↗

— George W. Bush

#different #i #leadership #people #someone

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get on stage and make people happy, was more important than becoming famous, or even what I was dancing. ↗

— Suzanne Farrell

#chances #commitment #dancing #even #famous

I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#arabia #autobiographical #bit #consideration #i

The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#faith #his #lose #never #only

When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#find #friends #go #going #lean

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes, at any age. It gives you a discipline, it gives you a place to go. It gives you some control in your life. ↗

— Suzanne Farrell

#any #ballet #classes #control #discipline

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do. ↗

— Suzanne Farrell

#desire #great #had #i #something

This is the kind of paradox, I think, of what it is to be a halfway intelligent American right now, and probably also a Western European, is that there are things we know are right, and good, and would be better for us to do, but constantly it's like "Yeah, but, you know, it's so much funnier and nicer to go do something else." and "Who cares?" and "It's all bullshit anyway. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#apathy #boredom #bullshit #europeans #goodness

The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for. ↗

— Suzanne Farrell

#amazing things #body #called #really #situation

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible. ↗

— Suzanne Farrell

#capable #dancing #fact #getting #healthy