Dancing Quotes

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  When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Happiness, Inspiring

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Oct 05, 2011

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  And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Life, Music

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  The one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing.

  James Brown

  Happiness, Dance, Adversity

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• We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams.

  Albert Einstein

  Dance, Dream, Art

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• I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.

  e. e. cummings

  Inspirational, Dance, Teacher

  "you shall above all things be glad and young" l. 13 (1938)

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• Dancers are the athletes of God.

  Albert Einstein

  Dance, Philosophical, Athlete

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• When you do dance, I wish you a wave o' the sea, that you might ever do nothing but that.

  William Shakespeare

  Love, Inspirational, Dance

  'The Winter's Tale' (1610-1) act 4, sc. 3, l. 134

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• The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

  Alan Watts

  Motivational, Change, Moving On

  Alan Watts (1951). “The Wisdom of Insecurity”, Vintage

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• The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing.

  Doris Humphrey

  Dance, Art, Believe

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  Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

  Martha Graham

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "The Runner's Book of Daily Inspiration: A Year of Motivation, Revelation, and Instruction". Book by Kevin Nelson, p. 11, 1999.

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• Those elegant delights of jig and vaulting.

  Elijah Fenton

  Delight, Elegant

  William Congreve, Elijah Fenton (1779). “The Works of the English Poets”, p.333

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• Dancing is when you rise above both worlds, tearing your heart to pieces & giving up your soul

  Rumi

  Giving Up, Heart, Soul

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• I do everything the man does, only backwards and in high heels!

  Ginger Rogers

  Inspirational, Dance, Men

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  Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

  Steve Martin

  Funny, Music, Dance

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• Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time.

  Ginger Rogers

  Inspirational, Dance, Men

  Ginger Rogers (1991). “Gineger My Story”

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• Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Oprah Winfrey (2014). “What I Know For Sure”, p.4, Macmillan

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• Dancers are the messengers of the gods.

  Martha Graham

  Dance, Messengers, Choreography

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• The dance is the mother of the arts. Music and poetry exist in time; painting and architecture in space. But the dance lives at once in time and space.

  Curt Sachs

  Dance, Mother, Art

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  Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

  George Carlin

  Inspirational, Life, Music

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

  Confucius

  Dance, Men, Giving

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• Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.

  Mason Cooley

  Running, Romance, Literature

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• All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

  Moliere

  Dance, Book, Skills

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• Dance is like wine; it matures with every performance.

  Alarmel Valli

  Dance, Wine, Ballet

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• Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It's the rhythym of your life.

  Jacques d'Amboise

  Dance, Breathing, Pulse

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• Dancing is like bank robbery, it takes split-second timing.

  Twyla Tharp

  Dance, Splits, Timing

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