Hanya Holm quotes

Hanya Holm quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Dances without purpose have false starts and stops.”
-- Hanya Holm

#Dance Quotes #Purpose Quotes
“Every morning I am a beginner.”
-- Hanya Holm

#Morning Quotes #Beginners Quotes #Every Morning Quotes

“During 'Saturday Night Fever' at the end of the first act dance number I tried to perform a split-jump, only I can't do them so I ended up on my ***** followed by the most unsightly backward roll out of it, followed by the cast falling over in laughter and a good portion of the audience too.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.”
“A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.”
“Dance constitutes a true recapturing of... freedom and childish play.”
“A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.”
“We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.”
“I'd rather stimulate your mind than emulate your purpose”

Source : Song: The Guidelines, 1998
“Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.”
“Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.”
“Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.”

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