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Swing Time
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"Swing Time" Quotes

"Swing Time" follows the complex friendship between two mixed-race girls as they navigate their lives and ambitions against the backdrop of dance and music.

Quotes

We are all of us monsters.

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self-reflection

It is not the place, it is the people.

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friendshipcommunity

Dance is the best way to communicate.

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communicationart

A person is only a person within a community.

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communityidentity

There are certain things that are opaque to the individual but transparent to a group.

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group dynamics

I thought I could see the whole world and I could see nothing.

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perspectiveambition

There are people who can't imagine losing and there are people who can't imagine winning.

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ambitionperspective

The problem with the past is that it's never where you left it.

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pastmemory

It was never too late to change your mind.

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changedecision-making

The only dance I ever learned was the pas de deux.

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dancelearning