Avoiding humiliation is the core of tragedy and comedy.

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Show business offers more solid promises than Catholicism.

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All the New York City Ballet does is hit beautiful home runs.

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I think of the New York City Ballet as the Yankees without George Steinbrenner.

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However, the moral center of New York City, I believe, is the New York City Ballet.

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And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.

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We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?

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Does the New York City Ballet affect other places? Yeah, it lets people know they should come to New York.

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People go to see beautiful paintings to see how much they cost. Wow. The practical value is that it shows you what the human spirit can do.

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Does any art have a practical value? People love to talk about how expensive a painting is. That's the only way we can talk about paintings in this century.

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