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20 quotes by Natalia Makarova

Natalia Makarova Makarova at the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors Born Natalia Romanovna Makarova (1940-11-21) 21 November 1940 (age 74) Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union Other names Natasha Makarova Occupation ballet dancer, choreographer Years active 1950s – present Spouse(s) Edward Karkar (m. 1976; died 2013) Natalia Romanovna Makarova (Russian: Наталья Романовна Макарова, born 21...
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.

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To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.

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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.

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You cannot dance an arabesque in 'Swan Lake' and 'Nutcracker' the same way.

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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they... →

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I really feel sorry for new generation. It's hard to find backbone. I never had crisis of identity. But I think many Americans have it.

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I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.

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Even the ears must dance.

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I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.

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People tell me I'm dancing better than ever. I don't know what happened, but I have new enthusiasm and more endurance.

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Technical things are getting more mechanical. Take 'Swan Lake,' the Black Swan pas de deux. Now, my goodness, they're turning not just 32... →

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All ballet, all reading, all music. That was my world, my inner world.

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I recently learn a new word: insatiable. That's me.

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