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Anna Pavlova: When a small...

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When a small child . . . I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

Source: Pages of My Life in Pavlova: A Biography, 1956.
-- Anna Pavlova, (Jan 31 1881-1931), Russian ballerina; She was the most celebrated dancer of her time who performed in Paris and New York.


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