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The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.
Twyla Tharp
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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
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In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.
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