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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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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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when the time came I would do battle with my mother for the right to sit at the center of my own life.
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I do everything I know how in a dance.
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I’m much stronger than most women. Consequently, when I work with men, or when I’m partnered by men... We can actually go into kinds of movement that haven’t been available before, simply because I’ve strengthened myself as a woman, not because I’ve weakened him.
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I write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.
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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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By making the start of the sequence automatic, they replace doubt and fear with comfort and routine.
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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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Whether or not God has kissed your brow, you still have to work. Without learning and preparation, you won't know how to harness the power of that kiss.
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In creative endeavors luck is a skill.
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The art of these Fifties movies was in sustaining forever the moment before sex.
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if you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives.
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I read for growth, firmly believing that what you are today and what you will be in five years depends on two things: the people you meet and the books you read.
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In the future, I will make certain that I commit to projects so there's enough breathing space for me to have an emotional life.
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When creativity has become your habit when you've learned to manage time, resources, expectations, and the demands of others when you understand the value and place of validation, continuity, and purity of purpose, then you're on the way to an artist's ultimate goal the achievement of mastery.
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Easily acquired. Inexpensive. Perfectly functional. Portable. Identifiable. Disposable. Eternal enough. These are my criteria for the perfect storage system. And I’ve found the answer in the simple file box.
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It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.
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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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Dancing is like bank robbery, it takes split-second timing.
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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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