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Vaslav Nijinsky
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Quotes by Vaslav Nijinsky
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I stayed with my wife’s mother during the war. I understood the war because I fought with my wife’s mother.
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I know many people will say, “What kind of God orders you to do everything you do? You are deceiving us. You are a primitive man, quite uncivilized.” I know all these objections. I will answer them simply. I am man’s firstborn, with God’s culture and not an animal’s.
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I do not like eating meat because I have seen lambs and pigs killed. I saw and felt their pain. They felt the approaching death. I could not bear it. I cried like a child. I ran up a hill and could not breathe. I felt that I was choking. I felt the death of the lamb.
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People like eccentrics. Therefore they will leave me alone, saying that I am a mad clown.
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I am afraid of people because they want me to lead the same kind of life as they do. They want me to dance jolly and cheerful things. I do not like jollity. I love life.
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People have nothing to do and therefore they interfere with the life of others. I dont want to interfere with the life of others.
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I stayed with my wife's mother during the war. I understood the war because I fought with my wife's mother.
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I danced frightening things. They were frightened of me and therefore thought that I wanted to kill them. I did not want to kill anyone. I loved everyone, but no one loved me, and therefore I became nervous.
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