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In dreams, anything can be anything, and everybody can do. We can fly, we can turn upside down, we can transform into anything.

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Upside
Transform
Dreams
Turn
Everybody
Turns
Dream
Anything

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I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.
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