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#1

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing

128887 likes

#2

“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”
― Ann Richards

tags: dance, dancing, politics, texas, women

2287 likes

#3

“Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion.”
― Martha Graham

tags: dance, passion

662 likes

#4

“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.”
― Mikhail Baryshnikov

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#5

“To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful.. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking”
― Agnes De Mille

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#6

“People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life. ”
― Martha Graham, Blood Memory

tags: dance

187 likes

#7

“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”
― Twyla Tharp

tags: dance, performance

227 likes

#10

“Real men don't lift weights, they lift women.”
― Every male ballet dancer

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#11

“Lermontov: Why do you want to dance?
Vicky: Why do you want to live?
Lermontov: Well, I don't know exactly why, but... I must.
Vicky: That's my answer too.”
― The Red Shoes

tags: dance

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#12

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

tags: abilities

50633 likes

#13

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

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#14

“Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.”
― Allen Ginsberg

tags: be-yourself, self-expression

5071 likes

#15

“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: be-yourself, life, self-determination

3308 likes

#16

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.”
― Harvey Fierstein

tags: be-yourself, identity, individuality, inspirational, life, self-determination, self-esteem, self-expression

2940 likes

#17

“About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.”
― Rita Mae Brown

tags: be-yourself, individuality, love

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#18

“When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, integrity, self-reliance, self-respect

3203 likes

#19

“Never dull your shine for somebody else.”
― Tyra Banks

tags: be-yourself, confidence, inspirational, self-expression, shine

1115 likes

#20

“Just because they disagree, doesn't mean you ain't right.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

tags: be-yourself, man-for-himself

375 likes

#21

“You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!”
― John Lennon

tags: be-yourself, inspirational, self-awareness, self-determination

413 likes

#22

“To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.”
― Irving Wallace

tags: be-yourself

288 likes

#23

“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successfull personality and duplicate it.”
― Bruce Lee

tags: be-yourself

417 likes

#24

“There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.”
― Anton Pavlovič Čechov

234 likes

#25

“Very few people do this any more. It's too risky. First of all, it's a hell of a responsibility to be yourself. It's much easier to be somebody else or nobody at all.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: be-yourself, indiviuality

209 likes

#26

“Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.”
― John Jakes

tags: be-yourself, on-writing

78 likes

#27

“Shine with all you have. When someone tries to blow you out, just take their oxygen and burn brighter.”
― Katelyn S. Irons

tags: be-yourself, inspirational, shine, stargirl

129 likes

#28

“Always listen to yourself... It is better to be wrong than simply to follow convention.”
― Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One

tags: be-yourself, self-determination

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