It is a paradox that those who flock to a repertory form like ballet because it preserves the classics also expect new works.

[Even the warhorses have been exercised. Five years ago, McKenzie came out with a new staging of Swan Lake that] whipped the audience at the Metropolitan Opera House into a frenzied ovation, ... a ballet for both the tired critic and the tired businessman.

Top Hat and Swing Time, the quintessential [Fred] Astaire films, define his special contribution: Mr Astaire never lost sight of the fact that he was dancing on film.

Paradox reconciles all contradictions.

Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.

All generalizations are false, including this one.