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Martha Graham Quotes

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

Martha Graham was one of the best dancers and choreographers of all time. Today we celebrate his anniversary in our way, sharing Martha Graham Quotes.

‘Age’ is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

Censorship is the height of vanity.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.

Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

First we have to believe, and then we believe.

Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer’s body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being.

Learn by practice.

Misery is a communicable disease.

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

Nothing is more revealing than movement.

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

The body is a sacred garment.

The body is your instrument in dance, but your art is outside that creature, the body.

The body never lies.

The body says what words cannot.

The only sin is mediocrity.

Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.

All things I do are in every woman. Every woman is Medea. Every woman is Jocasta. There comes a time when a woman is a mother to her husband. Clytemnestra is every woman when she kills.

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

The body is a sacred garment.

There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost.

Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time. It is just that the others are behind the time.

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery.

Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion.

Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.

I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination. There is a great deal of outer space, distant from our daily lives, where I feel our imagination wanders sometimes. It will find a planet or it will not find a planet, and that is what a dancer does.

We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It’s a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

Dancing appears glamorous, easy, delightful. But the path to paradise of the achievement is not easier than any other. There is fatigue so great that the body cries, even in its sleep. There are times of complete frustration, there are daily small deaths.

We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are the same. One becomes in some area an athlete of God.

It takes ten years, usually, to make a dancer. It takes ten years of handling the instrument, handling the material with which you are dealing, for you to know it completely.

Misery is a communicable disease.

In 1980. a well-meaning fundraiser came to see me and said, “Miss Graham, the most powerful thing you have going for you to raise money is your respectability.” I wanted to spit. Respectable! Show me any artist who wants to be respectable.

I’m asked so often at ninety-six whether I believe in life after death. I do believe in the sanctity of life, the continuity of life and of energy. I know the anonimity of death has no appeal for me. It is the now that I must face and want to face.

Quotes about being Single

Posted on April 29, 2011 by

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.– Anonymous

I’m single because I was born that way.– Anonymous

You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never lose.– Anonymous

Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.– Anonymous

If you are single there is always one thing you should take out with you on a Saturday night… your friends.– Anonymous

I think, therefore I’m single.– Anonymous

I don’t need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we’ll ever have is the one with ourselves.

Sometimes you have to stand alone to prove that you can still stand.– Anonymous

Maybe some women aren’t meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free till they find someone just as wild to run with them.– Anonymous

No time to marry, no time to settle down. I’m a young woman, and I ain’t done running around.– Anonymous

Better to be quirky alone than unhappy together.– Anonymous

Everyone is lonely sometimes, even married people. But most single women (as well as women with spouses) actually enjoy their solitude.– Anonymous

Being single isn’t the cause of loneliness, and marriage is not necessarily the cure. There are many lonely married people as well.– Anonymous

Married women are just as capable of misery as singles, and single women are just as capable of happiness as married women. Both are capable of feeling loneliness and boredom and the weight of dependence.– Anonymous

Live to love, not love to live.– Anonymous

I don’t like to be labeled as lonely just because I am alone. – Delta Burke

A woman needs a man like a fish needs bicycle. – Anonymous

25 Happiness Quotes to Brighten Your Day

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

1. “Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.” –J. Donald Walters

2. “What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” –Joseph Addison

3. “Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.” –Hosea Ballou

4. “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.” – Denis Waitley

5. “Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” –Unknown

6. “A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one’s life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted.” –George Santayana

7.“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.” –Freya Stark

8. “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha

9. “He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.” –Alexandre Dumas

10. “There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year’s course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.” –Carl Jung

11. “When I meet people from other cultures I know that they too want happiness and do not want suffering, this allows me to see them as brothers and sisters.” –Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso

12. “Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy — because we will always want to have something else or something more.” –David Steindl-Rast

13. “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.” –H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

14. “If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.” – Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama

15. “No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.” –Barbara De Angelis

16. “A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” –Hugh Downs

17. “Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” – James M. Barrie

18. “No matter how much madder it may make you, get out of bed forcing a smile. You may not smile because you are cheerful; but if you will force yourself to smile, you’ll end up laughing. You will be cheerful because you smile. Repeated experiments prove that when man assumes the facial expressions of a given mental mood–any given mood–then that mental mood itself will follow.” –Kenneth Goode

19. “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.” – Anne Frank

20. “Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true.” –Unknown

21. “The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances. We carry the seeds of the one or the other about with us in our minds wherever we go.” –Martha Washington

22. “Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself.”-Norman Vincent Peale

23. “People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.” – Ramona L. Anderson

24. “Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.” –Epictetus

25. “Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world.” –William Lyon Phelps

Famous Women Quotes

Posted on January 2, 2011January 2, 2011 by

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. – Judy Garland

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. – Helen Keller

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life. – Eleanor Roosevelt

I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition. – Martha Washington

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. – Oprah Winfrey

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me. – Helen Keller

It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. – Marlene Dietrich

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. – Oprah Winfrey

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. – Helen Keller

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it. – Mother Teresa

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility. – Oprah Winfrey

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. – Helen Keller

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. – Mother Teresa

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next. – Helen Keller

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Jane Austen Quotes

Posted on December 16, 2010 by

• For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?

• About history: The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all — it is very tiresome.

• Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

• One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

• A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

• One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

• If there is anything disagreeable going on men are always sure to get out of it.

• What strange creatures brothers are!

• A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

• Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure to be kindly spoken of.

• It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

• If a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to Yes, she ought to say No, directly.

• It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should refuse an offer of marriage.

• Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

• Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

• A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

• Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.

• It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.

• Man is more robust than woman, but he is not longer lived; which exactly explains my view of the nature of their attachments.

• If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than the rest, I do think it is memory.

• I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it unless it has all been suffering, nothing but suffering.

• Those who do not complain are never pitied.

• It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?

• From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

• A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

• It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.

• How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!

• … as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.

• … the soul is of no sect, no party: it is, as you say, our passions and our prejudices, which give rise to our religious and political distinctions.

• You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.

Nice Thoughts

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

Our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. – Martha Washington

Courage doesn’t always roar.
Sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day, saying,
“I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love. – St. Francis of Assisi

It’s so easy to fall in love but hard to find someone who will catch you. – Anonymous

Where there is great love there are always miracles. – Willa Cather

It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. – Marlene Dietrich

Loving is the most unmitigated and courageous act I perform in a day. – Mary Anne Radmacher

Lovers embrace that which is between them rather than each other. – Kahlil Gibran

Hate is never conquered by hate,
Hate is only conquered by love. – The Buddha

Travis Barker from Blink 182 Quotes

Posted on September 2, 2009September 23, 2009 by

travis-barker – “I’m the guy on tour who will do his own thing.”
– “I’m easily irritated.”
– “Misery is flying in an airplane.”
– “I’ve never made it a point to be different from everyone else.”
– “She was super horny.” – about Janine
– “Well, most of the shows we play are the Warped tour, but in our free time, pretty much everyone skateboards.”
– “I listen to everything from jazz to reggae to heavy metal and I kind of combine everything to make something different.”
– “I think they’re super funny, but you would never hear me talking like them.” – on Tom and Mark

– “Seeing the Police and not being able to be the drummer.” – most heartbreaking concert experience

Mark Allan Hoppus from Blink 182 Quotes

Posted on September 2, 2009September 23, 2009 by

Mark_Allan_Hoppus – “To sum up Tom in one word would be: feminine.
– “All we wanted to do was to headline Soma.”
– “I was always a loner.”
– “So, yeah, travelling sucks.”
– “I don’t feel like I’m a stable person at all.”
– “My idea of total misery is sitting in traffic.”
– “Yes, I’ve cried at sad movies.”
– “My mom hates the title, she told me the other day, «Your grandmother keeps asking what the title of the new record is, but I won’t tell her.»” – about Enema of the State
– “It’s all happy, sing along love songs. ” – about the new record
– “None of us really surf that much; surfing is really hard. You have to spend a lot of time in the water and there’s no other sport in the world that actually has monsters that want to eat you while you’re doing it.”

– “The recent history of San Diego music came from the grunge movement.”

– “A lot of the punk-rock scene is usually against people associating themselves with products.”

– “If you look in a crowd and there’s one person just getting the shit beat out of them, it’s probably the Blink fan.” – Blink 182 fan

– “Skater kids don’t take themselves seriously, because they’ve mostly been pigeonholed as losers.”

– “I totally masturbate! And I jack off! Whooooooo!”

– “I think age is a stupid number.”

– “I can’t speak for any other bands, but I don’t like anger, I don’t like aggression. I hate music that’s all about that.”

– “The whole punk-rock elitism thing has gone away, and now people are more accepting of music as music; instead of as status.”

– “I came from punk rock, but who knows if I’m punk.”

– “I’ll be the first to admit I’m not an accomplished bass player.”

– “I know I’ve got a disgusting body, but I think it’s funny, so I’m gonna make people laugh at it.”

– “If you ever end up there, you really pissed off God.” – about Ridgecrest, CA

– “I think there’s nothing more awkward or stupid looking than a naked guy.”

-” We’re like, Fisher-Price: My First Punk Band.”

– “I was very direction less and stupid.” – on his earlier years

– “I like boats.”

– “It would suck to go to your grave wondering what you could have done with your band if you didn’t try.”

– “Make yourself do something stupid, so when you really do something stupid you won’t feel so bad.”

– “Never let anyone tell you how to live your life.”

– “If at first you don’t succeed, pay someone to do it.”

– “Screw the people that don’t understand.”

– “I don’t like the taste of beer and ice cream gives me diarrhea.”

– “Disney movies are fuckin’ bitchin’.”

– “I have no idea why people like our band. Maybe bad taste is in.”

– “If we tried to write about politics, you’d realize that we’re all a bunch of idiots.”

– “And anyone that calls me a sell-out is just jealous.”

– “Our biggest hit had a video where we made fun of boy bands. Why we would then be lumped into that is beyond me.”

– “The only thing that scares me about cocaine is deat”

– “My old band [Of All Things] was just about to start playing, and right then the acid hit me. I threw my bass down and ran like five miles into the desert.” – on his first acid trip

– “We’re not straight edge; we just don’t talk about it” – on trying drugs

– “Farts and poop are still funny and will always be funny.”

– “Yes. she does. You can tell.” – on Brittany Spears and if she has fake boobs

– “The thing that makes me happiest in the world is hanging out with my friends”.