Judith Jamison

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The world is full of ways for people to dance. Concert dance doesn't get its due.

Judith Jamison
world , full , ways
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The word 'suffering' is not in my vocabulary.

Judith Jamison
word
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Strive for perfection. Nobody's going to be perfect on this earth. But strive for perfection.

Judith Jamison
strive , going , perfect
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People come to see beauty, and I dance to give it to them.

Judith Jamison
beauty
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Maybe it's a generational thing, but I never wanted to be the best black dancer in the world. I just wanted to be the best.

Judith Jamison
maybe , generational , never
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If people all over the world, year after year, request that you do 'Revelations,' you do 'Revelations.'

Judith Jamison
people , over , year
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I've had a really charmed life, you know. Things always come to me - they just do.

Judith Jamison
had , really , charmed
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I've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to lead, you can't do that.

Judith Jamison
danced , over , people
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I'm very smart when it comes to choosing dancers and trying to show the world that there's a whole lot of dancing going on.

Judith Jamison
very , smart , choosing
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I went to an audition for a Harry Belafonte Roaring Twenties special for choreographer Donald McKayle, but I failed.

Judith Jamison
audition , harry , roaring
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I was a protege; by the age of 10, I was studying with ballet choreographer Anthony Tudor in a class of adults.

Judith Jamison
age , studying , ballet
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I want to know who you are as a person, and then I want you to develop as a whole human being.

Judith Jamison
want , know , then
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I haven't had a family, but I don't think of that as a sacrifice my dancers are my family.

Judith Jamison
had , think , sacrifice
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I believe in being prepared. I'm going to say that. Pray, prepare, proceed.

Judith Jamison
believe , being , going
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Dancers use their bodies in extraordinary ways, so we are chronically pre-arthritic, because of how we use our muscles and our bones.

Judith Jamison
dancers , use , bodies