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