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Dancing is a sweat job.
-- Fred Astaire


Disco is just jitterbug.
-- Fred Astaire


I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.
-- Fred Astaire


I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
-- Fred Astaire


I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
-- Fred Astaire


The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
-- Fred Astaire


The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.
-- Fred Astaire


This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.
-- Fred Astaire