Mr. Liang , a soloist with the New York City Ballet , might well have cited his own company 's history of patronage : George Balanchine would never have come to the United States if not for the willingness of a wealthy young man , Lincoln Kirstein , to spend his money -LRB- and persuade his rich friends to spend theirs -RRB- .
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