No mistakes in the tango, Donna, not like life.
Simple.
That's what makes the tango so great.
You make a mistake, get all tangled up, you just tango on.
Would you like to learn to tango, Donna? Right now?
--Al Pacino in "The Scent of A Woman"

"And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."
--Nietzche

"Son, there's not a woman alive who can resist a man who knows how to mambo."
--Homer Simpson

You dance because you have to.
Dance is an essential part of life that has always been with me.
"She Dances to Teach-and They Love It," American Visions, February 1987
Katherine Dunham, American, Dancer, Choreographer

Any problem in the world can be solved by dancing.
--James Brown

While sacred temples burn you dance and sing.
"To the Modern Spirit"
Mary Sinton Leitch

When you go to dance, take heed whom you take by the hand.
"Paraemiologia, 24"
John Clarke

When you do dance, I wish you
A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do
Nothing but that.
"The Winter's Tale. Act iv, sc.4, 1.140"
William Shakespeare

Waltz me around again, Willie, around and around and around,
The music is dreamy, it's peaches and creamy,
Oh! don't let my feet touch the ground!
"Waltz Me Around Again, Willie (1906)"
Will D. Cobb, 1876-1930 Amercain, Songwriter

Waltz, you siren of melody, soft and sweet,
Waltz, I follow you ever with tireless feet;
Waltz, you lure me away to a dream of bliss,
Waltz, you're like the soft glory of love's first kiss.
"Missy" (Marguerite Alice) Lehand 1898?-1944, American, FDR's private secretary for 20 years

I do not believe dancing is frivolous, or disrespectful.
It allows us to be human together, to support and enjoy each other and to fiercely celebrate life.
Valerie Williams -- vjw@cnde.iastate.edu -- Monday 17 Sep 2001 14:25:22