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By making the start of the sequence automatic, they replace doubt and fear with comfort and routine.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Comfort
Doubt
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