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The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.

Source: Margot Fonteyn: Autobiography, 1976.
-- Margot Fonteyn, (May 18 1919-1991), English ballet dancer; She was prima ballerina of Britain's Royal Ballet; formed a partnership made in heaven with Rudolf Nureyev, 1962-79.

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