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There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything.

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
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Portland
Indiana
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The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.
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I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.
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The formal education that I received made little sense to me.
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That's what improvising is like for me. There's no tollbooth between my impulse and my action.
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