“I would be ready to take over tomorrow. But first of all, all fat and lazy members of the troupe would have to be thrown out.”

—  Rudolf Nureyev

Source: "Rudolf Nurejew" in Der Spiegel https://www.spiegel.de/politik/rudolf-nurejew-a-30ce3698-0002-0001-0000-000014322047?context=issue (19 October 1980)

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