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1. "To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking." ~ Agnes De Mille
2. "The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie." ~ Agnes De Mille
3. "Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little." ~ Agnes De Mille
4. "The universe lies before you on the floor, in the air, in the mysterious bodies of your dancers, in your mind. From this voyage no one returns poor or weary." ~ Agnes De Mille
5. "The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark." ~ Agnes De Mille
6. "No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently." ~ Agnes De Mille
7. "The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend." ~ Agnes De Mille
8. "The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate." ~ Agnes De Mille
9. "Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times." ~ Agnes De Mille
10. "A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head." ~ Agnes De Mille
11. "Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion." ~ Agnes De Mille
12. "Dance in the body you have." ~ Agnes De Mille
13. "Ours is an upbeat, a hurried, hasty beat. It keeps pressing us to go farther, to include everything so that we can savor everything, so that we can know everything, so that we will miss nothing. Partly it's greed, but mainly its curiosity. We just want to experience it. And we do." ~ Agnes De Mille

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Kids are kids and not little adults. They're watching and listening to you all the time. They're figuring out the game plan but still don't know all the rules. Talk straight to them and they'll respect you for it."
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