Balanchine Nutcracker Quotes & Sayings

Honestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again. — Heather Matarazzo

[I] vow[ed] to fight against socialized medicine ... On healthcare, I agree with the President that we need to get costs under control ... I can also say without hesitation, that the quality of healthcare in this county is second to none - and sacrificing quality to achieve these necessary reforms is not acceptable. A single payer, government run healthcare system is the worst possible way to achieve this goal. — Glenn Thompson

Look at where I lived! Four blocks from Lincoln Center. I used to play in the fountain. And then I started taking dance lessons. I was in 'The Nutcracker' for the N.Y. City Ballet when I was 8 and dancing in 'The Firebird' for George Balanchine when I was 9. Believe me, that's something you don't ever forget. — Diane Paulus

You can't always go to the well and have things be funny. — Richard Ford

As a doctor, you have a sense of what it's like to be sick, but until you've gone through it yourself, you don't really know. — Paul Kalanithi

When only a little can be done, doing it becomes the greatest you can do. — Ron Kaufman

Giving Northern Europe a veto over Southern Europe's budgets will not hold a monetary union together. The euro zone will continue to need the weaker countries to stomach decades of high unemployment to grind down wages. — Austan Goolsbee

The September 11th tragedy forced us all to look at the world in a different way, and it reminds us all of the importance of living every moment. — Joanne Woodward

I'm born originally in Toronto, and I have what I call my 'Fame' story. I took a Greyhound bus and went to Alvin Ailey and received Dunham, Horton, Graham technique there, but I could never take my eyes off of Balanchine doing 'Nutcracker'; to me he's the best who ever did it. — Laurieann Gibson

P68- there is no true word that is not at the same time a praxis. Thus, to speak a true word is to transform the world. — Paulo Freire

When I was a wee lad, Uncle Dickie sat me on his knee, and regaled me with stories about the genesis of a game that involved trying to jam a ball into a hole in the ground with a stick, — David Feherty

Feeling a part of that community is my greatest reward. — Paul Parker