Great writers aren’t great first-drafters. They’re great rewriters.
Andrew Bennett (via thatlitsite)
Tag: quotes
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I guess shortcuts come with strings attached. You might sell your soul to the devil without realizing it and miss out on all the trying and failing, clawing yourself out of the mud that’s supposed to make you who you are.
Tara, Dance Academy Series 3 (via lizwritesbooks)
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I guess shortcuts come with strings attached. You might sell your soul to the devil without realizing it and miss out on all the trying and failing, clawing yourself out of the mud that’s supposed to make you who you are.
Tara, Dance Academy Series 3
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Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
— Albert Einstein
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What makes an artist an artist…
What makes an artist an artist is kind of feeling like you can relate to them but at the same time, they’re like, otherworldly. My experience [in ballet] is that it isn’t about seeing a pretty line or an insanely arched foot. I think most of my favorite dancers that I truly respect as artists don’t even have all of that. But they’ve taken what they have and they’ve made it into this incredible thing. It’s not about their body parts. That’s so easy to come by. You can find a pretty body anywhere and put them in a position, but what makes an artist an artist and a dancer a true dancer is what they make of all of that onstage and what they bring to the audience.
–Misty Copeland, Soloist with American Ballet Theatre