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Over time, as the daily routines become second nature, discipline morphs into habit.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Habit
Second
Nature
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Time
Morphs
Routines
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