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I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our in a gear when everyone's exhausted. Get focused, do it!

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Work
Exhausted
Think
Fairly
Thinking
Quickly
Focused
High
Everyone
Concise
Better
Gear
Done
Gears

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