There might've been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet, when you kind of lift yourself here, it's all up in the head.
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I kind of have my freedom; I've got a whole... CAITLYN JENNER I've been in this business for 40 years - you do a show, and you don't know what's going... RANDEE HELLER You're suspended sixty feet up in the air, you've been up there for three hours, and all the... ALFRED MOLINA When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up - it's the be... KIRSTIE ALLEY I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but i... ELIZABETH MCGOVERN It's an odd experience reading interviews with yourself. Interesting, though. Of course, you kno... BERTIE CARVEL I got very famous for a minute and then it just all went away, you know? And for the last 20 years -... COLIN HAY You know, this is really a way of cooking. It's not my way. I'm deeply influenced by the Med... SALLY SCHNEIDER I've been quite lucky in that the roles that I've been able to play are all kind of outsider... 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SUMMER SANDERS You know, I respect what Howard Dean has been able to do. It's good for our party. But I've ... JOE LIEBERMAN The tough thing about radio is I've met a lot of people in it who like my music. But it's ha... CHRIS ISAAK Always be yourself. At the end of the day, that's all you've really got; when you strip ever... AL ROKER When you're headlining, people are paying to come see you specifically. It's a different kin... J. COLE I think 'Caprica' is a little out of left field, which is kind of what I love about it. It... MAGDA APANOWICZ You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-... S. C. GWYNNE Everything I've done I've always kind of jumped in headfirst, and it's been a learning c... HANNAH SIMONE I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularl... JULIA LEIGH I've spent most of my life doing some sort of exercise, but I've learned to never push mysel... 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You might close your eyes o... DAVE GIBBONS You know, public service is serious enough on its own, and what I've found is if you take yourse... MICHAEL NUTTER Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right whe... MARY J. BLIGE There's a lot of movies, and I've made some of them that could be categorized this way, but ... KELLY ASBURY The fashion world is so interesting because it's always changing, but if you know yourself reall... YUNA Please God, I'll never be in a war zone, but everything I sort of know about people who come bac... MARTIN FREEMAN I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see ... MORGAN FREEMAN Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's ... JUDI DENCH I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in Brooklyn. It's what gave me my drive to succeed,... 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