Katherine Dunham

1910 -

A Quote by Katherine Dunham on belief and success

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I always believed that if you set out to be successful, then you already were.

Katherine Dunham (1910 -)

Source: The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya, by Terri L. Jewell, 1993.

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A Quote by Katherine Dunham on words

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I used to want the words "She tried" on my tombstone. Now I want "She did it."

Katherine Dunham (1910 -)

Source: quoted in Black Pearls by Eric V. Copage (1993)

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A Quote by Katherine Dunham on concern

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I wasn't concerned about the hardships, because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and what I was destined to do.

Katherine Dunham (1910 -)

Source: "She Danced to Teach # And They Loved It," in American Visions, Feb 1987.

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A Quote by Katherine Dunham on justice

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We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

Katherine Dunham (1910 -)

Source: American Visions, Feb 1937.

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A Quote by Katherine Dunham on dance

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If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.

Katherine Dunham (1910 -)

Source: The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya, by Terri L. Jewell, 1993.

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A Quote by Katherine Dunham on day, strength, and world

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Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out.

Katherine Dunham (1910 -)

Source: American Visions, Feb 1937.

Contributed by: Zaady

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