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Obligation is a flimsy base for creativity, way down the list behind passion, courage, instinct, and the desire to do something great.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
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A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.
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I've survived inattention. I hope to God I survive attention.
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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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Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
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I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.
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I do believe that when dancing is right, the movement possesses a logic common to us all.
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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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