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It is in my nature to be a little shy. It takes time for me to talk to people and trust them.

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It is in my nature to be a little shy. It takes time for me to talk to people and trust them.

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When you improvise alone, you don't risk a lot, but doing an improvisation when you are two is even more difficult because you need to listen exactly to understand what is going to happen.

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I am only interested in being famous for my dancing. For me, the concept of the sacred monster is only about the stage - it is not about image.

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I love nature like nothing else. Before I moved to Switzerland, my home was a flat in London with a garden. In those snatched moments away from dance, I did typical weekend things like pruning, planting, and weeding. I planted fruit trees and even had a vegetable garden, but I wasn't around enough, so it was a disaster.

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I just don't like authority. I do like authority when I respect it.

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Things that make me angry and sad, I cannot hide. It's not because I want to be a rebel; it's my instinct. When something touches me deeply, I really have to react.

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Walking in the mountains helps me unwind, but it also reminds me in a painful way that the real beauty in life is nature and animals, and that the human race, in all its arrogance, is intent on destroying it.

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A drop of water can't stop a fire alone. But a drop of water, plus another one, plus another one, then you have the rain, and the rain can stop the fire.

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No one person can change the world, but one and one and one add up.

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