Michael Flatley
American step dancer
I always try to see the good. I never look for the bad.
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What has been your biggest disappointment?
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Lack of empathy.
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Jason Derulo
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The need to put other people down.
Bigotry and cruelty in any form.
Looking down at other people. I was brought up to treat people as you treat yourself, with respect. The people you meet on the way up are the people you meet on the way down.
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That my first play, Red Velvet, took so many years to be done. It took me seven years to write and then five years to get to the stage.
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