“The next time you look into the mirror, just look at the way the ears rest next to the head; look at the way the hairline grows; think of all the little bones in your wrist. It is a miracle. And the dance is a celebration of that miracle.”
I Am A Dancer (1952)
Variant: Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
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OK! Magazine http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/3919 (January 18, 2008)
Source: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
As quoted in "The Agitator: Oriana Fallaci directs her fury toward Islam" by Margaret Talbot, in The New Yorker (5 June 2006)
Context: Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon... I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.
Eve to Cain, in Pt. I, Act II
1920s, Back to Methuselah (1921)
“By the end of next year, we really shall be on our way to that so-called economic miracle we need.”
In an Ministerial broadcast on the Budget (6 April 1976).
1970s
