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I think Tolstoy had an unbelievably complicated relationship with women.

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Tolstoy
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Women
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