If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance
African Proverb
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ANONYMOUS If you're on thin ice, you might as well dance.
SOURCE UNKNOWN If you're skating on thin ice, you might as well dance!
LAURIE STRONGIN If I'm walking on thin ice, I might as well dance my way across.
MERCEDES LACKEY You look ridiculous if you dance
You look ridiculous if you don't dance
So you might as we...
GERTRUDE STEIN Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a
flickering light, to the fee...
EUGENIO MONTALE Happiness, for you we walk on a knife edge. To the eyes you are a flickering light, to the feet, thi...
EUGENIO MONTALE You might as well scrap offside now if you are not going to rule that offside.
GORDON STRACHAN Unless you learn to control your thoughts, you will never be able to control your actions; and if yo...
BOHDI SANDERS If you're going to sit on someone's tombstone, you might as well know something about them, right?
NICHOLAS SPARKS If you should go skating
On the thin ice of modern life
Dragging behind you the silent reproach
Of a...
PINK FLOYD If you should go skating On the thin ice of modern life Dragging behind you the silent reproach Of a...
PINK FLOYD If you are going to tell me who I am you might as well act out your part in the theatre.
APURVA GAGLANI There's an old African proverb that I have on my desk that says a lot about partnerships. If you wan...
PATTY STONESIFER If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.
DEAN KAMEN If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.
ZIMBABWE PROVERB If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.
ZIMBABWEAN PROVERB If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
KEITH RICHARDS If the water is going to run you off, you might as well kiss it (the fort) goodbye.
JACK LADD Besides, if you're going to die horribly, you might as well do it with style.
JONATHAN STROUD I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
DONALD TRUMP If you're going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use two feet.
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JAMES AWAD I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.
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DEBBIE REYNOLDS If you have time to chatter,
Read books.
If you have time to read,
Walk into mo...
NANAO SAKAKI If you get an idea, you might as well stick with it until somebody calls you on it.
MICHAEL IAN BLACK I was a dancer of no repute. But dance taught me a lot. You walk into a dance studio knowing you hav...
DAN PHILLIPS You may invite the entire 35th Division to your wedding if you want to. I guess it's going to be...
BESS TRUMAN Well, if you ever get a little thin on top, I've got an old toupee you can have.
BING CROSBY If you are feeling low, or trampled, unappreciated, or forgotten...and you are reading this, realize...
TOM ALTHOUSE If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The ice feels dry as we walk on it. But once the Zamboni goes over it, the wet ice is really hazardo...
DAN PASMAN It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.
FRANKLIN P. JONES We have felt that we are walking on thin ice in safety management.
GAO HONGFENG Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
DAVE BARRY Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
AFRICAN PROVERB You might as well be nice to everyone, because in the end if something happens to someone your mean/...
RACHEL W If you talk the talk, you damn well better walk the walk.
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MARTHA GRAHAM It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.
FRANKLIN P. JONES Thin Ice.
JIMMY STEWART The ice is thin for the government. Considering it's the summer time it might just get thinner.
BRUCE CUTLER Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.
DAVE BARRY If I'm going to burn, it might as well be bright.
RICK RIORDAN We are going to keep on following the African market. As well as the countries in which we are alrea...
CLOVIS MARTINES You know how to dance in sunlight when everything is going fine, but you have to learn to dance in d...
THERESE MAY There’s always that first step in skating, from dry ground to slick ice, when it just seems imposs...
CAROL GOODMAN If you can't beat them over the years, ... you might as well join them.
ARTURO FREEMAN Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy, and make the most of where...
GERMANY KENT Love might be frightening, at times, and some are scared of becoming infatuated. Therefore, they may...
ERIK PEVERNAGIE If you don't have any fight in you, you might as well be dead.
SCOTT CAAN If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard
JESSE OWENS If she was going to die, she might as well die sarcastic.
HOLLY BLACK It's a long ways back on straight ice if the other team gets deuce early on you. When you've got ham...
SHANNON KLEIBRINK I can't dance on ice, because I'm like Bambi on ice.
MARTINE MCCUTCHEON Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be ...
ARETHA FRANKLIN Because when you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while.
L.M. MONTGOMERY I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love.
PIERRE CHODERLOS DE LACLOS I have always been fond of the West African proverb: Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Nobody cares if you're miserable so you might as well be happy.
CYNTHIA NELMS I think my attitudes about the past are very traditional. You can't ignore history; you can'...
FRANK GEHRY ... And what about Zombies? You never hear from Zombies! That's the trouble with Zombies, they're ...
GEORGE CARLIN Most of the smaller carriers who are not supported by a rich parent are really skating on thin ice.
DOUG MCVITIE A part of Syracuse University is the athletics. And if you're going to take part in it, you might as...
HARRY SHAFER You're not going to get better throwing against guys who aren't as good as you. You might as well th...
PHILIP HUGHES If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
YOGI BERRA If you did not look after today's business then you might as well forget about tomorrow.
ISAAC MOPHATLANE And how are you going to make education easy? You might as well try to build an athlete by keeping ...
EDGAR PANGBORN The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.
JOE E. LEWIS Remember that your days on this earth are counted and you might as well make the best of those you h...
YANN MARTEL If you don't have a policeman to stop traffic and let you walk across the street like you are somebo...
JOHN C. WHITE When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match a...
STAN SMITH You go on. You set one foot in front of the other, and if a thin voice cries out, somewhere behind y...
GERALDINE BROOKS Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.
CYNTHIA NELMS If tough times seem to keep you down you might as well rest in peace."
Will Robins
WILL ROBINSON I like when the ice gets thin, the going gets rough, the guests get edgy.
DICK CAVETT As an individual, if you are not playing as well as you like, you are always putting a bit more pres...
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BARRY TATELMAN When you walk into our mattress department our sales people are not going to come pouncing on you,
BARRY TATELMAN Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
THICH NHAT HANH When life gives you lemons. . . You might as well shove 'em where the sun don't shine, because you s...
ROB THURMAN If you are focusing on your limitations & weaknesses you are going to lose,If you are focusing on yo...
LALIT BHOJWANI Oh my, ... If you're going to give up a homer, you might as well give it up like that. That was a lo...
RON GARDENHIRE If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big.
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GEORGE WHITEFIELD We don't usually win things, but if you're going to be in competition, you might as well win. I've b...
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TONI SORENSON You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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