Tallchief Maria Quotes & Sayings

I don't mind being listed alphabetically.
I do mind being treated alphabetically. — Maria Tallchief

Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance. (Proverbs 1:5, NIV) The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice. (Proverbs 12:15, NIV) Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. (Proverbs 15:22, NIV) Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise. (Proverbs 19:20, NIV) — Andy Stanley

The heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. — Milan Kundera

Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an American Indian ballerina, — Maria Tallchief

It wasn't perfect: so what? Life isn't perfect: life is what happens while you're waiting for your moment in the sun and if you miss it, waiting instead for the perfect illusion that Hollywood sells, then more fool you. I'd spent half my life waiting for the right moment: I was done with waiting. — Jane Harvey-Berrick

Like ugly Asian babies, valid superstitions don't exist. At best, any perceived effect of a superstition is you merely psyching yourself out. Think of it as an asshole placebo. — Orlando Winters

The godly seed fares well: the wicked's is accurst. — Theocritus

Even when we think we cannot rise up, there is still hope. And sometimes we just need someone to look us in the eyes, take our hand, and say, 'you can do it now!' — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

A ballerina takes steps given to her and makes them her own. Each individual brings something different to the same role, — Maria Tallchief

What's important is that I'm working with very talented young people. — Maria Tallchief