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In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Wastefulness
Urgency
Desperate
Clock
Profit
World

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The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.
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I think a sense of humor will help get a girl out of a dark place.
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This is the hard part. Knowing and admitting a problem are not the same as solving it. But executing a solution is also the fun part, because the solution save you and gets you moving again.
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Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.
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I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.
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The way I enjoyed spending time most was dancing. That's from the time I was a very small child, When I was 4 or 5 years old, I remember already having a regime. It was the way I always identified myself.
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Just when you arrive at the apex of your skills, it's time to retire. But as it turned out, I decided that since it was the thing that I felt I did best, I owed it to all that be to pursue it.
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The notion of the hero as outsider, as alien, is forget it, over, done with. It's not about being against society anymore. It's about standing there, holding something up. It's not pulling away.
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I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.
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Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that.
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When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.
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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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Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.
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Whenever I feel I'm working in a groove it's invariably because I feel I am being the benefactor in the situation rather than the beneficiary. I am sharing my art with others, lending my craft to theirs, interest-free with no IOU.
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You only need one good reason to commit to an idea, not four hundred. But if you have four hundred reasons to say yes and one reason to say no, the answer is probably no.
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