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When you dance, it takes a lot of stamina, but it never seemed like work 'cause I was doing something that I so loved doing. It was always a joy. And you know, to have beautiful ballets made specially for you is such an honor. I always said it was better than diamonds.

— Patricia McBride

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Ballet is such a disciplined craft and it has given me a good grounding.

— Jennifer Ellison

I didn't care how much work it would take, and I didn't see the time invested as a waste or like I was missing out on anything. Ballet became my ultimate passion.

— Misty Copeland

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

Ballet can be grueling, for sure, but it gives you a certain discipline.

— Margaret Qualley

The discipline that ballet requires is obsessive. And only the ones who dedicate their whole lives are able to make it. Your toenails fall off and you peel them away and then you're asked to dance again and keep smiling. I wanted to become a professional ballet dancer.

— Penelope Cruz

As an adult, I took ballet classes three times a week, and I believed it gave me better posture, a stronger body, and made me more graceful.

— Ann Hood

Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.

— Deborah Bull

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.

— Sutton Foster

I think when dance is mediocre, it's painful. But when dance is really impressive, it destroys.

— Neil Patrick Harris

✗Opposing Perspectives

You realize you can get good at something, even though ballet almost felt like you could never be good enough. No matter how hard you worked, it was so hard to be a great dancer.

— Susanna Hoffs