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I think dancers are paid not for what they do, but for the fear they feel. What you do is probably not that difficult: you just get on stage. It is, however, fear that gives you the push.

— Rudolf Nureyev

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Everyone would like to be the greatest, but God cannot bestow that honor on everyone.

It is always thought that he gave more than what he received, but to give something, you must have something inside.

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