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Ruth St. Denis Quotes: I want to dance always, to be good and not evil, and when it is all over not to have the feeling that I might have done better.
         

I want to dance always, to be good and not evil, and when it is all over not to have the feeling that I might have done better.


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I want to dance always, to be good and not evil, and when it is all over not to have the feeling that I might have done better.
         



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