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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.

The word 'suffering' is not in my vocabulary.

Dance is not endangered - it will always find a way to express itself.

We're dancing from here, from inside, not from outside. You could look at anybody throwing their leg and kick their leg up and a million pirouettes and do all kinds of tricks and stuff like that. But that's not what dance is really about.

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I believe God has a path for me. He's always had a path for me, and I've always been in the right place at the right time - not because of my efforts, but because of my preparation and because of the guides that I have, the mentors that I have, the spiritual walkers that I've had all my life.

From Judith Jamison

I could say now at 66, yeah, I was a fabulous dancer. I was really terrific, you know. But I was always present. I was present. I was supposed to be where I was supposed to be at the time I was supposed to be.

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I believe in being prepared. I'm going to say that. Pray, prepare, proceed.

From Judith Jamison

If people all over the world, year after year, request that you do 'Revelations,' you do 'Revelations.'

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One thing I cannot stand is when people say, 'Hi, how are you?' and they don't wait to hear how I am. They're just going through the motions. I say to people: 'Keep it human. Keep it alive. Don't turn into a robot.' You have to hear what the other person is saying clearly.

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

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