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Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them.
Twyla Tharp
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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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