One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that … - Alvin Ailey

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It's a moral problem that the government is making into criminals people, who may be doing something you and I don't approve of, but who are doing something that hurts nobody else.

Alvin Ailey

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.

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To be who you are and become what you are capable of is the only goal worth living.

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Making dances is an act of progress; it is an act of growth, an act of music, an act of teaching, an act of celebration, an act of joy.

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Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.

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The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.

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My dancers must be able to do anything, and I don't care if they are black or white or purple or green. I want to help show my people how beautiful they are. I want to hold up the mirror to my audience that says this is the way people can be, this is how open people can be.

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