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.

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I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts...

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts...

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

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

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I...

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I...

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...

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...

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...

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes...

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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...

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 learned to love dance for its own sake.

I learned to love dance for its own sake.

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.

Your ability to learn faster than your competition is your only sustainable competitive advantage.

Your ability to learn faster than your competition is your only sustainable competitive advantage.

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser.

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser.

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too...

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too...