Michaela DePrince quotes

“Never be afraid to be a poppy in a field of daffodils.”
-- Michaela DePrince

Source : "Four Young Ballerinas Celebrate Dancers Of Color Who Inspire Them" by Katherine Brooks, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 12, 2017.

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“My life is proof that no matter what situation you're in, as long as you have a supportive family, you can achieve anything.”
-- Michaela DePrince

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“I'm still trying to change the way people see black dancers that we can become delicate dancers, that we can be a ballerina,”
-- Michaela DePrince

Source : "Teen dancer Michaela DePrince", www.cnn.com. August 29, 2012.

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“When I go out on the field, I just put it in my mind that I'm playing for my family.”

“There are (or is) indeed no contradiction between science and religion, the fields of which are different, and which, far from mutually fighting and persecute, must, on the contrary, complete each other.”

“I study what I work with. I studied all these different fields of science that I needed for my work. I studied how to mine a landfill and what to plant in it. It's fascinating because you learn a new field each time.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“So, if you look at what's common among some of the companies I have, including the Four Seasons, NewsCorp, George V, the Plaza, these are all irreplaceable brands in their own fields.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Evolution is far more than a belief or an educated guess about how people came to be as they are. It is, in fact, the product of converging evidence from many, many different fields of science. Many, many thousands of studies that, in fact, have provided a theory, an organizing principal in fact, that describes how humans came to be.”

“Absurdism, like methodical doubt, has wiped the slate clean. It leaves us in a blind alley. But, like methodical doubt, it can, by returning upon itself, open up a new field of investigation, and in the process of reasoning then pursues the same course. I proclaim that I believe in nothing and that everything is absurd, but I cannot doubt the validity of my proclamation and I must at least believe in my protest.”

“The poppies hung Dew-dabbled on their stalks.”

“I survived, carried on, glad to be like a weed, a wild red poppy, rooted in life.”

Source : Marilyn Buck (2012). “Inside/Out: Selected Poems”, p.56, City Lights Publishers

“I listened a little to punk when I was younger, but it was straight edge punk. It was nothing like what is going on now, like poppy punk.”

“one daffodil is worth a thousand pleasures, then one is too few.”