Kirov Ballet Quotes & Sayings

Right." Neal nodded. "The network guy. I thought he was giving you the cold shoulder." "We thought he was giving us the cold shoulder," Georgie said. "Apparently he just has cold shoulders. — Rainbow Rowell

Those were the ideals that drove us to nationalization of the health service. — Barbara Castle

Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time. — David Remnick

Doubt everything or believe everything: these are two equally convenient strategies. With either we dispense with the need for reflection. — Henri Poincare

The mere understanding, however useful and indispensable, is the meanest faculty in the human mind and the most to be distrusted. — Thomas De Quincey

Now is the time for guts and guile — Elizabeth Taylor

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others. — Will Rogers

By observing your addictive behaviors, you observe your conditioning. When you observe your conditioning, you're free of it, because you are not your conditioning; you are the observer of your conditioning. — Deepak Chopra

The Kirov is a great ballet company because it has so many terrific dancers, but it doesn't always know what to do with them. — Robert Gottlieb

We seek immortality in mortal things. Even the strongest of our desires is bound to die after sometime. What should remain in the end is only the willpower. — Sarita Singh

Anybody that shoots a hook shot, whatever hand, I jump up and cheer because it's the easiest shot, it's the best tweener shot. — Tom Heinsohn

Weakness, fear, melancholy, together with ignorance, are the true sources of superstition. Hope, pride, presumption, a warm indignation, together with ignorance, are the true sources of enthusiasm. — David Hume

Freud was way off base in considering sex the fundamental motivation. The ruling passion in men is minding each other's business. — Robert Frost

It was both Abraham's and the Jews' privilege also that they should have this promise to all generations. — Thomas Goodwin

The first time the Kirov ballet was seen in America was on Sept. 11, 1961. The ballet was 'Swan Lake.' The ballerina was Inna Zubkovskaya. The place was the old Met, on what must have been one of the hottest nights of the year, and there was no air-conditioning. — Robert Gottlieb