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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
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In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.
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I was privileged to be able to study a year with Martha Graham, the last year she was teaching.
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I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent.
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Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
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I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.
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We're a machine and we have to be worked in the same way we have to be fed.
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I had received my first establishment grants in response to applications filed the year before. To the pages of baffling forms I had simply attached a handwritten note saying, 'I make dances, not applications. Send the money. Love, Twyla.
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Without the little ideas, there are no big ideas.
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The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.
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I had always seen myself as a star I wanted to be a galaxy.
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