Anna Pavlova quotes:
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When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.
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God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.
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Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.
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Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
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To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.
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Scots are Jocks,WelshmenTaffies, and Irishmen Paddies or Micks but?it is noticeable there is no similar designation for the English.
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To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success.
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The right to happiness is fundamental.
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Master technique and then forget about it and be natural.
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Once upon a time the English knew who they were.
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Where there is no heart there is no art.
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Whenever I have had a sudden urge to quit dancing, I just remember that moment I had when I was young and remember that dancing is what I want to do.
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To tend, unfailingly, unflinchingly, towards a goal, is the secret of success.
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If I can't dance then I'd rather be dead.
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Get my swan costume ready.
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Play the last measure very softly.
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The more you look back into English history, the more you are forced to the conclusion that alongside civility and the deeply held convictions about individual rights, the English have a natural taste for disorder.
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What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.
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To strive tirelessly and at all times to reach one's goal - therein lies the secret of success.
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No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.
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Dancing is my gift and my life... God gave me this gift to bring delight to others. I am haunted by the need to dance. It is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual. It is happiness.
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To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.
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Dance is the purest expression of every emotion, earthly and spiritual
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If I could have said it, I shouldn't have had to dance it.
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It is by the steady elimination of everything which is ugly - thoughts and words no less than tangible objects - and by the substitution of things of true and lasting beauty that the whole progress of humanity proceeds.
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It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.
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A true artist should have no secrets. On the stage, you must be able to transmit every emotion to the spectator.
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I danced from the moment I could stand.
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When a small child... I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong.
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If I can not dance, I shall die!