“Then come the lights shining on you from above. You are a performer. You forget all you learned, the process of technique, the fear, the pain, you even forget who you are you become one with the music, the lights, indeed one with the dance.”
"I don't need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we'll ever have is the one with ourselves."
- Shirley MacLaine
Self-awareness
"It is useless to try to hold a person to anything he says while he’s madly in love, drunk, or running for office."
- Shirley MacLaine
Relationships
"The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they’re too old to do it."
- Shirley MacLaine
Relationships
"The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends."
- Shirley MacLaine
Inspiration
"I don’t need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we’ll ever have is the one with ourselves."
- Shirley MacLaine
Self-esteem
"I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now."
- Edna Mode
Presence
"If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves."
- Maria Edgeworth
Presence
"And remember, no matter where you go, there you are."
- Confucius
Presence
"The here and now is all we have, and if we play it right it’s all we’ll need."
- Ann Richards
Presence
"I don't look ahead. I'm right here with you. It's a good way to be."
- Danny DeVito
Presence