Nothing so clearly and inevitably reveals the inner man than movement and gesture. It is quite possible, if one chooses, to conceal and dissimulate behind words or paintings or statues or other forms of human expression, but the moment you move you stand revealed, for good or ill, for what you are.

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"Dance form is logical, but it is all in the realm of feeling, sensitivity and imagination."

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"She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within."

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