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Quotes About Movement

She had preferred being on the plane, detached from the earth, the illusion of sitting still.
~ Jhumpa Lahiri
I see the people who have lived here forever. They walk quickly, indifferent to the buildings. They cross the squares without stopping. I
~ Jhumpa Lahiri
Avoiding puddles, stepping over mats of hyacinth leaves that remained in place. Breathing the dank air.
~ Jhumpa Lahiri
The work changes the way your face changes and ages - it just does. Also, I have very little connection to anything I've written. I move on. We all move on
~ Jonathan Ames
I do so much travelling in my work that my suitcase is always packed, with my passport ready. I rarely unpack, as I am constantly on the move.
~ Jools Holland
In the interweave of mind and body, dance is a mode that allows people to work through difficulties, anticipate the future, recollect the past, and confront the present.
~ Judith Lynne Hanna
If you just work on your upper body, you're not going to be a full-range dancer or performer. You've got to work in all directions as much as you possibly can.
~ Karen Allen
People think that I work out but it's all t'ai chi.
~ Lou Reed
I do ballet and pointe work. I also do tap, commercial jazz and technical jazz, freestyle street dancing.
~ Maisie Williams
What they call "play" (gym, travel, sports) looks like work.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.
~ Patrick Duffy
Hey sister, you're just moving too fast, you're screwing up the quota.
~ Patti Smith
Those people who don't have any voluntary control, or hands, can work with the physical movement that they can do - whatever voluntary movement they have, even the slightest .
~ Pauline Oliveros
Don't ever confuse motion with progress.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.
~ Robert Rauschenberg
I love working out. Dance classes are my favorite.
~ Shay Mitchell
Every girl - and boy, if you so choose - should take some ballet. Because ballet gives you grace. It gives you [the ability] to work with your hands. It's all about your hands.
~ Stevie Nicks
All motion, either in the body or anywhere else, is the work of this Prana.
~ Swami Vivekananda
Photographs are two-dimensional. I work in four dimensions.
~ Tino Sehgal
That's one of the main things I do, work with choreographers. I've been doing it a long time, and it's a real important part of my life as a soundmaker, making music for dance.
~ Zeena Parkins
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
~ William James
Don't wait, just sweat.
~ Amit Kalantri
All success comes down to this . . . action
~ Rob Liano
Motivation is like quicksand. if you stand still for too long you will sink. When you start working towards your goal the start always hard until you aren't sinking anymore.
~ Unknown