It's ungrateful to be wishing you were doing something else at the moment you are living. You haven't lived in the moment that you are really living, you are wishing you were somewhere else.

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On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes,...

On the other hand, I think it is wonderful for everyone to take ballet classes,...

I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales...

I liked Latin, I like languages, I liked all the myths, and the Roman tales...

I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's...

I used to love to play dress-up, where you get your mother's or your grandmother's...

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition.

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

As soon as I hear music, something in me starts to vibrate.

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.

Of course, in the art class, I was the model.

Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't...

Even though I am a professional, and I know what the steps are, I don't...

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that...

I had two sisters, and we would love to get dressed up and pretend that...

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

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

I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

I liked tap, because I liked hearing the results of my movements.

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

You don't learn from a situation where you do something well. You enjoy it and...

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in...

When you get on stage, you can be anything. You are removed from reality in...

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move...

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that...

Once I started dancing, I was not the spoiled brat or the rebellious child that...

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy,...

The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy,...

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

When you are on stage, you don't see faces. The lights are in your eyes...

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get...

That the work involved, the willingness to take chances, the commitment, the opportunity to get...

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

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