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I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one.

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
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When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.
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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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Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.
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The more you know, the better you can imagine.
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I had always seen myself as a star I wanted to be a galaxy.
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I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do.
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Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale it's for engineers trying to solve a problem it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.
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If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that's failure by erosion
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Generosity is luck going in the opposite direction, away from you. If you're generous to someone, if you do something to help him out, you are in effect making him lucky. This is important. It's like inviting yourself into a community of good fortune.
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Creativity is an act of defiance.
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I understand things that are American, for better or worse.
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There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do.
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I have to feel that each thing I've learned I can push to another point next time. I'm not very good with repetition. I would rather not work than feel that repetition is the order of the day.
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