I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.    From LearnThat.org.  [Margaret Atwood]

Tiptoeing like a ballerina is the power of art to transform us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carine Fabius: What Can the Power of Art Accomplish?] Reference

In the popular imagination, a ballerina is the picture of grace, beauty, elegance, and alignment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference

I mean look, Britney Spears isn ` t known as a ballerina, so there wasn ` t a lot of pliaes (ph) being thrown around there.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2008] Reference

(The ballerina is holding an arabesque on the doorstep of Loys’s cottage, which would be hilarious if tried in performance.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Ballet in London: New Lights From Russia - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

The movie follows an affair between a politician and a ballerina, which is "affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart.".    From Wordnik.com.  [/Film] Reference

Part is the kind of ballerina fans love — all deliberate, heavy glamour in place of energy and technique.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another Slice of Elo; A Sweet Morris Returns] Reference

The acutal picture of the "ballerina" was bad enough, now I've got this image of some fat guy w/hairy legs dressed in tights.    From Wordnik.com.  [Would You Wear Mantyhose?] Reference

I want to call Rahm "ballerina" (he used to dance ballet) just to make him meaner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.] Reference

But then, what can you expect from a colleague who addresses a grown woman as "ballerina"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [News & Politics] Reference

I was thinking of getting something that covers the toes this time such as ballerina pump instead of the usual toes peeping sandals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sweet Surrender v9.0 (food porn, make money, fashion, reviews about anything, technology, life in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia...)] Reference

A former ballerina, Fleming knows the meaning of hard work.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Lunch Lady] Reference

No self-respecting punk ballerina cried in today's new war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Halloween] Reference

GROSS: "Whirl," you said is dedicated to the ballerina Suzanne Farrell.    From Wordnik.com.  [After Emerging From Coma, Fred Hersch Plays Again] Reference

But I don't care that, 'Yes, I'm a great ballerina because I'm anorexic.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kline Goes Extra Mile] Reference

Shirley FranklinMayor of AtlantaWhen I was young I wanted to be a ballerina.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Journey to the Top] Reference

"We thought of it as the ballerina in the tutu saying, 'I defect, I defect'.".    From Wordnik.com.  [America: Still A Melting Pot?] Reference

Although not yet a prima ballerina, Moss certainly has some dancing experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kate Moss To Dance Ballet With Baryshnikov (VIDEO)] Reference

Another little ceramic ballerina changes its trajectory as it collides with my temple.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt from Pompeii ii] Reference

 I'll be wearing my old soft flowered robe and satin ballerina slippers, and no makeup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Long Moments] Reference

In one ballet company, apparently, not a single ballerina was able to look him in the eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christina Patterson: Interview with Carlos Acosta: 'I Am Insufferable'] Reference

Years later, he married ballerina Mary McKendry, who joined the Houston Ballet as a principal dancer.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Chinese Dancer's Odyssey Into the Movies] Reference

Even the black in the collection didn't look dark — witness a ballerina top in leather woven with gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gucci Opens Milan Shows With Harem Pants] Reference

Later he went alone to India, including a trek to the Himalayas, in pursuit of a ballerina with whom he'd fallen in love.    From Wordnik.com.  [I See, Said the Blind Man] Reference

A prima ballerina in her own right, the 7 year old to my right was tougher than anyone submitting their review on deadline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nicole Campoy-Leffler: American Ballet Theatre Returns To The Music Center With Sleeping Beauty] Reference

“What are you waiting for, Mummy?” said the little ballerina as she scampered into the car while the engine sat silent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waiting] Reference

Two years later she had become the company's reigning ballerina, and her name, too, had metamorphosed: she was Margot Fonteyn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sleeping Beauty] Reference

Then Pam noticed a large, cream-colored music box with a faded ballerina painted on the top behind his unoccupied, worn chair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Visit to the Toy Store] Reference

The waitress weaved and swung her way to the window like a ballerina, humming along with the muzak tinkling from ceiling speakers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vitamins] Reference

"Whirl" is dedicated to the ballerina Suzanne Farrell, and the rhythm of it comes from the rhythm of her spinning and pirouetting.    From Wordnik.com.  [After Emerging From Coma, Fred Hersch Plays Again] Reference

The world's most famous ballerina, back in the 1920s she famously crossed the globe in a series of exhausting and exhaustive tours.    From Wordnik.com.  [This week's new dance] Reference

He had no wand of malice; age alone had turned his wife into a failed ballerina, while genetic signals had resulted in her diabetes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coping Stones] Reference