#yin

There was a stage when Balanchine and I didn't talk. I was trying to develop my classical technique as opposed to the fast-track technique that he was pushing. We were very quiet with each other. But after two years he saw what I was doing and sent messages through other people that, yes, this is good. ↗

— Gelsey Kirkland

#classical #develop #doing #each #good

I didn't think I was gonna be playing on the Oscars or anything. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#gonna #i #oscars #playing #think

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#american foreign policy #applying #caused #conditions #foreign

The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that. ↗

— Eartha Kitt

#bend #bending #constantly #deter #following

Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn't supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat. ↗

— Eartha Kitt

#doctors #doing #eat #eating #enjoying

When you do find humor in trying times, one of the first and most important changes you experience is that you see your perplexing problems in a new way - you suddenly have a new perspective on them. ↗

— Allen Klein

#experience #find #first #humor #important

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#been #denied #granted #i #i am

I love women. I'm trying to do beautiful things with them. I'm not trying to insult them. My life is not about that. ↗

— Calvin Klein

#beautiful #beautiful things #i #i love #insult

I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape. ↗

— Calvin Klein

#mr #shape #stay #trying #universe

We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp. ↗