"I was a dancer for many years...." - Quote by Maya Angelou
I was a dancer for many years. I was a premier dancer with 'Porgy and Bess,' the opera. And I taught dance some, in different places.
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“Food served is always more than just food served. That is to say, it is more than just fuel for the body. Depending upon who has prepared the food and who has served it and with what spirit, it can uplift the - and around the world, in every culture, food is used to flirt, to be coy, a raise in the employment or to search for employment. It can bring warring factions together.”
“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
“I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.”
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“It is music and dancing that make me at peace with the world.”
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“And learn that the best thing isTo change my loves while dancingAnd pay but a kiss for a kiss.”
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“It was a choice of making it or still eating chicken onstage.”