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Realization That I Couldn't Be A Ballet Dancer Was A Blessing In Disguise Because That Was The First Time I Felt Like I Stepped Into Adulthood. I Realized, Okay, This Is Not Going To Work Out. It Was Frustrating For About A Year Because I Didn't Know What To Do With The Creativity And The Discipline That Dancing Had Instilled In Me From A Very Young Age. But Then I Moved To Paris To Model, And That Was My Cultural Awakening. Now, I Think Dancing Has Been The Biggest Thing In My Life, Much More So Than Modeling, And It Still Helps Me Enormously In My Work.

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Realization That I Couldn't

Diane Kruger

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Realization That I Couldn't Be A Ballet Dancer Was A Blessing In Disguise Because That Was The First Time I Felt Like I Stepped Into Adulthood. I Realized, Okay, This Is Not Going To Work Out. It Was Frustrating For About A Year Because I Didn't Know What To Do With The Creativity And The Discipline That Dancing Had Instilled In Me From A Very Young Age. But Then I Moved To Paris To Model, And That Was My Cultural Awakening. Now, I Think Dancing Has Been The Biggest Thing In My Life, Much More So Than Modeling, And It Still Helps Me Enormously In My Work.

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