"It was a good place for a girl to work at that time."

"I decided I’d just run for office and if it worked out fine; if not, I would just go somewhere else. Sure enough, it …"

"It was a good way to end my political career."

"I am firmly convinced that the conduct of the Irish in America has been strongly influential in winning for those at …"

"Our Nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal."

"I do not care what other nations might do or may have done. I do not take advice from them. The higher mission of our…"

"Dance is poetry because its ultimate goal is to express feelings, even if through a rigid technique. Our task is to c…"

"There was once a word that I am proud of and that is part of my childhood: proletariat. Unfortunately, no one uses it…"

"I had extraordinary encounters, such as Visconti, gruff and very sweet. Like Herbert Ross, for whom I played Karsavin…"

"I danced in marquees, churches and squares. I was a pioneer of decentralisation. I didn't want my work to be elitist,…"