Top 100 Copeland Quotes
#1. So are you saying I'm your Superman?"
--- Josh Copeland
Dawn Chartier
#2. Kenneth Copeland is a friend, innocent until proven guilty.
Mike Huckabee
#3. The records that I grew up listening to had feel, and the drummers that inspired me - like Stewart Copeland, Neil Peart, Phil Collins and Roger Taylor - all had their own voice and individual style.
Taylor Hawkins
#4. There was a knock on our dressing-room door. Our manager shouted, 'Keith! Ron! The Police are here!' Oh, man, we panicked, flushed everything down the john. Then the door opened and it was Stewart Copeland and Sting.
Keith Richards
#5. Doctor Copeland belt old evil anger in him. The words rose inchoately to his throat and he could not speak them. They would listen to the old man. Yet to word the reason they will not attend.
Carson McCullers
#6. With her grace and grit, and the will to lead change, Misty Copeland is truly a ballerina for our time.
Heather Watts
#7. That's the shame about Miles Copeland; he's evil, but he's got a heart of gold.
Dave Wakeling
#8. On the cross, Jesus won the right for believers to be born again back into the god-class. Adam was created, not subordinate to God, but as a god; he lost it, and in Christ we are taken back to the god-class.
Kenneth Copeland
#9. Every time I dance, I'm trying to prove myself to myself.
Misty Copeland
#10. I wanted to open the dialogue about race in ballet and bring more people in. It's just beautiful to see the interest that has exploded for such an incredible art form that I will forever be grateful to!
Misty Copeland
#11. Finding ballet was like finding this missing piece of myself.
Misty Copeland
#12. I was definitely a late bloomer and didn't really come into my own until I was probably in my 20s.
Misty Copeland
#13. 'The Company' was interesting. I didn't love it, although it might be compelling to someone who isn't a dancer. There wasn't a lot of dialogue, and you were just kind of observing the creative process of choreography and in class.
Misty Copeland
#14. Without self-discipline, a noncommissioned officer can never develop or maintain personal integrity.
Silas L. Copeland
#16. I shouldn't even be wearing a tutu. I don't have the right legs, my muscles are too big.
Misty Copeland
#17. So I suppose that means we can actually play the instruments.
Stewart Copeland
#18. When you decide to walk by faith, you don't get rid of trials. You learn to overcome them.
Kenneth Copeland
#19. Ballet became this escape for me. I feel like I was on my own a lot. I was searching for stability, so I was going off on my own and imagining what I thought stability was. Ballet became a way for me to cope.
Misty Copeland
#20. It's hard to change someone's ideas when they might not even really consciously know that they're being racist, or have racist ideas, just because ballet has been this way for hundreds of years.
Misty Copeland
#21. It's difficult to exist as a woman, especially I think as a powerful woman. You want to stand strong and you want to be considered and equal.
Misty Copeland
#22. I don't eat a ton of pasta or bread. But I eat dessert almost every night, and I drink. You need a bit of balance, and I've found mine.
Misty Copeland
#23. I don't think a lot of people really understand the commitment it takes to being a character that an actor in Hollywood would take to approaching a role that they're doing.
Misty Copeland
#24. I know what you be thinking, an' you be wrong. Different Gawain, no relation to the Gawaine that were in Arthur's court. But he is knighted, I believe, because he carries a mighty sword with him under that great-cloak." "Well, bugger me! A Crusader!
Adam Copeland
#25. Don't hold on to the barre like, 'I might die.' It's just ballet.
Misty Copeland
#26. I say this with all respect so that it don't upset you too bad, but I say it anyway. When I read in the Bible where he [Jesus] says, 'I Am,' I just smile and say, 'Yes, I Am, too!'
Kenneth Copeland
#27. Ballet was this thing that just felt so innate in me, like I was meant to be doing this.
Misty Copeland
#28. I think that training is the key, definitely, and I devoted my life to it.
Misty Copeland
#30. I think that I'm so fortunate to have found classical ballet. It completely changed my life and it shaped the person that I am today, on and off the stage.
Misty Copeland
#31. I think all dancers are control freaks a bit. We just want to be in control of ourselves and our bodies. That's just what the ballet structure, I think, kind of puts inside of you.
Misty Copeland
#32. The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.
Misty Copeland
#33. Now Peter said by exceeding great and precious promises you become partakers of the divine class. All right, are we gods? We are a class of gods!
Kenneth Copeland
#34. A lot of people think, "Oh I'm going to eat whatever I want and then go to the gym." And I've definitely been one of those people and it just doesn't give me the results that I need to have the physique of a ballerina.
Misty Copeland
#35. My family didn't have very much money, so ballet wasn't even on my radar; I just found it randomly when I was 13 at a Boys & Girls Club. We were practicing in a basketball court in gym clothes with some old socks on. Even though it terrified me at first, I found that I really liked it.
Misty Copeland
#36. Depending on the level you're at in your company, the higher you go up in rank, usually the longer you can dance.
Misty Copeland
#37. I never experienced getting nervous on stage. I think I was most comfortable there.
Misty Copeland
#38. That it's possible to do positive things and I think that's how we're going to set an example to be respected as women in the world.
Misty Copeland
#39. I had no idea what I was walking into, and the years and years of hard work it would take. I felt like an outsider and like it was never going to happen. But even if I would have known, I think I still would have done it. Dancers are perfectionists, and that's what keeps us going and growing.
Misty Copeland
#40. You definitely have to do other things when you know your shot isn't falling. You can't just depend on knocking down the three-ball.
Chris Copeland
#41. As I wrote 'The Christmas Lamp' I realized that tradition is priceless, whether you have a small family, a large family, or no family.
Tradition doesn't have to be logical; it only has to emphasize the light of Christ and his everlasting love.
Lori Copeland
#42. It takes a lot of money to be a part of the ballet world. Both the training and the supplies are expensive, the shoes, the leotards and the tights.
Misty Copeland
#43. Move on. It's just a chapter in the past. But don't close the book just turn the page.
Brooklyn Copeland
#44. Even if I weren't learning new roles and getting the opportunity to be coached by incredible people, I still think I would be so excited to have an opportunity to continue to push myself and grow, as an artist.
Misty Copeland
#45. Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.
Misty Copeland
#46. Making music has gotten easier; selling it has gotten harder. Making music has been democratized, but the market is in the hands of fascists.
Stewart Copeland
#47. I don't feel like my life is that of a superstar! Every day I wake up, I take the train, I go to my ballet class. My everyday life is pretty normal.
Misty Copeland
#48. I feel like with 'On the Town,' it was the perfect production and the perfect opportunity.
Misty Copeland
#49. I think body-image issues are not just a dancer thing. I think we're much more in tune and aware because the body is our instrument and art, and we stare at ourselves in a mirror all day, but I feel like it's something that every woman experiences and every girl experiences.
Misty Copeland
#51. If the rhythm or beat of the music changes with a live orchestra, you have to think on your feet. If you feel like you are not on your leg, you have to make a decision to make it look as though nothing is going wrong.
Misty Copeland
#52. I know that I'm talented, and I know that I'm not in American Ballet Theater because I'm black - I'm here because I'm a gifted dancer.
Misty Copeland
#53. God's reason for creating Adam was the desire to reproduce himself.
Kenneth Copeland
#54. Barack Obama being President of the United States doesn't mean racism has disappeared. It's all a process, and we have to be aware that the work never ends.
Misty Copeland
#55. Heaven has a north and a south and an east and a west. Consequently, it must be a planet.
Kenneth Copeland
#56. Once you become a professional, to get through a ballet like 'Swan Lake' - four acts as the lead, changing character - the perseverance is incredible. It takes a lot to make it through and keep the same energy throughout the entire performance.
Misty Copeland
#57. The woman represents ballet. She is most important, powerful and vital to it. Therefore, she is not "less than" a man. If anything she is "more than" in this field.
Misty Copeland
#59. I don't want to be anything else other than a ballerina. I love what I do outside of my work, but at the end of the day, I have to sacrifice.
Misty Copeland
#60. It's really amazing that I was discovered and that I've been given these great opportunities to travel the world and work with amazing artists. I'm very blessed.
Misty Copeland
#61. I was on a path. I was going to become a principal dancer. I never let my mind rest.
Misty Copeland
#62. When people meet me in person, they're usually surprised at how petite I am because there's this idea that because I'm black, I just look a certain way.
Misty Copeland
#63. I just want to leave a positive memory of setting an example and bringing our youth with us.
Misty Copeland
#64. I wake up every morning, and I go to ballet class no matter what's going on the night before. That's my priority, and that's what makes me feel sane and not removed from the realities of my world.
Misty Copeland
#65. God's will concerning financial prosperity and abundance is clearly revealed in the Scriptures.
Gloria Copeland
#67. If I'm put in a situation where I am not really sure what's going to happen, it can be overwhelming. I get a bit anxious.
Misty Copeland
#68. That's the great thing about music. If you played it, it's correct. The worst musical train wreck hurts absolutely no one. It's all part of the show. In fact it's how we get to the great stuff. There is no penalty for skating on the edge or throwing ourselves off the cliff. So we do.
Stewart Copeland
#69. I love heels. I'm 5-foot-2, and I like feeling tall.
Misty Copeland
#70. It is not just saying prayers that gets results, but it is spending time with the Father, learning His wisdom, drawing on His strength, being filled with His quietness, and basking in His love that bring results to our prayers. Praise the Lord!
Germaine Copeland
#71. My curves became an integral part of who I am as a dancer, not something I needed to lose to become one.
Misty Copeland
#72. When I see things, I speak my mind. But I'm a quiet leader, if anything.
Chris Copeland
#74. I'm a pescatarian, so I don't eat red meat or pork. So my dinners usually consist of seafood in some way. And maybe cookies after!
Misty Copeland
#75. I'm definitely influenced by the music. We dance to music, and you have to listen to it and phrase your dancing and movement in a certain way to compliment the music. We have to work hand in hand, the dancer and the music.
Misty Copeland
#76. Finding great training, I think, is number one. I did a lot of research and found really great teachers, and it just takes - I took a year off from school and did independent studies so that I could devote all of my time to it. But I think that training is the key, definitely, and it's not a sport.
Misty Copeland
#77. Faith is a spiritual force ... It is substance. Faith has the ability to effect natural substance.
Kenneth Copeland
#78. I do think Under Armour is setting a new example for what a ballerina is, and that you can be feminine and an athlete and represent what a woman is at the same time.
Misty Copeland
#79. I'm an adrenaline junkie, I won't deny it. I'm not addicted to anything in life, except adrenaline.
Sebastian Copeland
#80. Man, Duke and I work our fannies off. We don't eat expensive dinners out. We don't go to the mvies or buy our clothes anywhere but Kmart
our biggest treat is taking the kids to Walmart on Friday nights, having a fast food hamburger and doing the grocery shopping.
Lori Copeland
#81. I'm a classical ballet dancer, and at the end of the day I want to be with American Ballet Theater, performing classical ballets.
Misty Copeland
#82. I'd rather duplicate it myself. Another of our favourite techniques.
Stewart Copeland
#83. Decide what you want. Declare it to the world. See yourself winning. And remember that if you are persistent as well as patient, you can get whatever you seek.
Misty Copeland
#84. There are no taking days off. There are no distractions. If I had that, I physically wouldn't be capable of going onstage and performing live theater. It's extremely demanding. I have to be in ballet class every day.
Misty Copeland
#85. Herbalife has been a part of the most challenging expeditions that I've done and the products have become a really critical and ongoing part my diet.
Sebastian Copeland
#86. There are hundreds of stories I've heard from black women from my generation, generations before me, and the next, that have never been given an opportunity to fulfill their dreams.
Misty Copeland
#87. When I was a little girl, I was incredibly shy. My hope was to blend in, to fit in, to not be noticed in any significant way. I was deeply insecure and unsure of myself.
Misty Copeland
#88. My job is, I'm a photographer. I'm something of a filmmaker. And primarily, I'm an adventurer. My job is to help people fall in love with their world, their planet. With the understanding that you don't save what you don't love.
Sebastian Copeland
#89. Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.
Bill Copeland
#90. Inspiration is a tool and a trap. If you're going to be inspired by anyone, be inspired by people who have been exactly where you are now.
Douglas Copeland
#92. I didn't care how much work it would take, and I didn't see the time invested as a waste or like I was missing out on anything. Ballet became my ultimate passion.
Misty Copeland
#93. It's all so surreal, and I'm living my dream. And you know, principal or not, I'm getting to dance all the roles that I've dreamed of doing.
Misty Copeland
#94. Keep being aggressive, that's what my teammates and my coaches ask me to do. If I see things are going well, I know there's more of a comfort level for me to continue to do that.
Chris Copeland
#95. Whatever God's Word says I am - that's what I am! Whatever His Word says I can do - with His help I can do! Whatever His Word says He will do - He will do!
Kenneth Copeland
#96. The three-ball is an easy shot if you're uncontested, but when they know you can shoot, it's a lot harder to get off.
Chris Copeland
#97. As a child, I had been told that I was exactly what a ballerina should be.
Misty Copeland
#98. I definitely like to be natural and more relaxed and not wear a lot of makeup.
Misty Copeland
#99. The Bible says we're to be moderate in all things. It's good to help others but not at the expense of your own family.
Lori Copeland
#100. Before dance came into my life, I don't really remember having any major goals or dreams of wanting to be anything.
Misty Copeland
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