Pointe Dancers Quotes & Sayings

I think classical ballet dancers dance on pointe because they're simultaneously touching the earth and reaching up to the skies — Paulo Coelho

Though I no longer liked him or respected him, the thought of his disapproval frightened me. — Walter Kirn

The very act of thinking about power in our lives and experiences creates a process of revelation and self-analysis that may even make us look at ourselves in a new light ... thinking about power and its complex manifestations may not simply lead to a better understanding of the abstract complexities of society, but may have an effect on one?s own image and identity. Perhaps a warning label should be placed on the cover ... — Kenneth E. Boulding

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Certain signs, some of them visible to the layman as well as the scientist, indicate that we have been watching an ice age approach for some time without realizing what we are seeing ... Scientists predict that it will cause great snows which the world has not seen since the last ice age thousands of years ago. — Betty Friedan

We teach girls to be likeable, to be nice, to be false. And we do not teach boys the same. This is dangerous. Many sexual predators have capitalized on this. Many girls remain silent when abused because they want to be nice. Many girls spend too much time trying to be "nice" to people who do them harm. Many girls think of the "feelings" of those who are hurting them. This is the catastrophic consequence of likeability. We have a world full of women who are unable to exhale fully because they have for so long been conditioned to fold themselves into shapes to make themselves likeable. So — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

One day, he said that what you had to do in any adversarial situation was to kill the king, as in chess. I said people didn't have kings any more. He said he meant the centre of power, but today it wouldn't be a single person, it would be the technological connections. — Margaret Atwood

Our only purpose in life is growth. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

I'm used to having big movie cameras in my face, I pretend that they're not there. But I actually like being on my own, I like being in the space. — Stephen Dorff

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. — Eleanor Roosevelt