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I believe one thing: that today is yesterday and tomorrow is today and you can't stop.
Martha Graham
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Martha Graham
Age: 96 †
Born: 1894
Born: May 11
Died: 1991
Died: April 1
Artist
Ballet Dancer
Ballet Master
Choreographer
Costume Designer
Dancer
Music Pedagogue
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Martha Grehem
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Believe
Yesterday
Tomorrow
Stop
Today
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It's what I always wanted to do, to show the laughter, the fun, the joy of dance.
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We are all of us, unique - each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is lost for all time.
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You don't pick dance. Dance picks you.
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All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.
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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique.
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