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You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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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've always had to keep the walls in place, and the only way to do that is to keep yourself constantly occupied... From the time I was 8 years old, until I went to college, I worked... There was no social life.
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Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.
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I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody.
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