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

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Nature
Become
Time
Morphs
Routines
Daily
Discipline
Habit
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Art is running away without ever leaving home.
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There's this expression called postmodernism, which is kind of silly, and destroys a perfectly good word called modern, which now no longer means anything.
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Creativity is an act of defiance.
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Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.
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dance is simply the refinement of human movement - walking, running, and jumping. We are all experts. There should be no art form more accessible than dance, yet no art is more mystifying in the public imagination.
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