Misty Copeland Quotes - Page 3

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• Even if I weren't learning new roles and getting the opportunity to be coached by incredible people, I still think I would be so excited to have an opportunity to continue to push myself and grow, as an artist.

  Misty Copeland

  Opportunity, Thinking, Artist

  Source: collider.com

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• It's really amazing that I was discovered and that I've been given these great opportunities to travel the world and work with amazing artists. I'm very blessed.

  Misty Copeland

  Blessed, Artist, Opportunity

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• What makes people and companies and artistic directors and choreographers interested in working with dancers is the ability to kind of let go of everything you think you know and be a blank canvas.

  Misty Copeland

  Letting Go, Thinking, People

  Source: bknation.org

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• I think anything that affects me in my personal life is going to help me be a better artist on stage.

  Misty Copeland

  Artist, Thinking, Helping

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I'm a pescatarian, so I don't eat red meat or pork. So my dinners usually consist of seafood in some way. And maybe cookies after!

  Misty Copeland

  Meat, Pork, Cookies

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I will never be the best dancer or artist. I will be growing until the day I retire.

  Misty Copeland

  Artist, Dancer, Growing

  Source: littletownshoes.me

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• I will never reach perfection.

  Misty Copeland

  Perfection

  Source: littletownshoes.me

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• I know that most of the time I have to work overtime to do everything that I want to.

  Misty Copeland

  Want, Knows

  Source: littletownshoes.me

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• I try my best to really think about things before I react and respond.

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, Trying

  Source: littletownshoes.me

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• How difficult it is to exist, that we are athlete and artist. We have injuries. People don't see the hard side of being a ballerina. They just see this beautiful and effortless thing, and they assume it's easy and cute. I hate when people say it's cute!

  Misty Copeland

  Cute, Beautiful, Hate

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• I ended up training only for four years before I was accepted into American Ballet Theater in New York City.

  Misty Copeland

  New York, Years, Cities

  "Not My Job: Ballerina Misty Copeland Gets Quizzed On Morris Dancing". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, www.npr.org. April 25, 2014.

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• A lot of people think, "Oh I'm going to eat whatever I want and then go to the gym." And I've definitely been one of those people and it just doesn't give me the results that I need to have the physique of a ballerina.

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, People, Giving

  Source: bknation.org

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• Maybe I'm seeing myself in a different way than the people in the audience see me, 'cause to me, I think I look like a ballerina and I feel like a ballerina. But maybe I'm not seeing what other people are seeing.

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, People, Way

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• To have a platform like So You Think You Can Dance, where you're reaching this audience that's been created over the 10 years that they've been on the air. People who didn't know anything about dance and aren't going to go to the theater are learning about it, even if it's ballroom and jazz, by just turning their television ono. They're building this audience that's advanced and educated enough to introduce them to ballet.

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, Air, Years

  Source: collider.com

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• That it's possible to do positive things and I think that's how we're going to set an example to be respected as women in the world.

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, Example, World

  Source: bknation.org

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• My career came together very quickly. I only trained for four years before I became a professional, so I didn't have a lot of time to sit back and be inspired before I took my first ballet class.

  Misty Copeland

  Years, Ballet Class, Careers

  Source: bknation.org

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• I think I always felt a connection to music and to movement. Growing up, I was surrounded by R&B and Hip-Hop, and the closest thing I could find to dance was gymnastics which I watched on TV.

  Misty Copeland

  Growing Up, Gymnastics, Thinking

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• I believe that I definitely developed into a refined and graceful woman due to ballet. It has shaped me in every way.

  Misty Copeland

  Believe, Ballet, Way

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• The word "prodigy" was thrown around a lot, but I didn't understand what that meant, or the weight of it. It didn't really mean anything to me, until I was older and could look back on it.

  Misty Copeland

  Mean, Looks, Weight

  Source: collider.com

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• The higher you go up in rank, usually the longer you can dance.

  Misty Copeland

  Higher

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I want to share the ballet world with everyone.

  Misty Copeland

  Ballet, World, Want

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• I was aware of my race from a very young age. Not in a negative way. Coming from an interracial background, I think it is important to understand who you are.

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, Race, Important

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• But I think the more you eat healthy clean foods the more you create them.

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, Healthy, Clean

  Source: bknation.org

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• I never experienced getting nervous on stage. I think I was most comfortable there.

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, Nervous, Stage

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm definitely very careful about the things that I want to be a part of, but it's also important for me to get dance out there to more people.

  Misty Copeland

  People, Important, Want

  Source: collider.com

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