Anna Pavlova
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"Anna Pavlovna (Matveyevna) Pavlova" (; – January 23, 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev. Pavlova is most recognized for the creation of the role The Dying Swan and, with her own company, became the first ballerina to tour ballet around the world.

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To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.

I like that it's so wonderfully different.

Get my Swan costume ready.

Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted its fruits.

The right to happiness is fundamental.

No one can arrive from being talented alone, work transforms talent into genius.