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You don't have a really good idea until you combine two little ideas.

Twyla Tharp

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Littles
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I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission, and that's what I set out to do.
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Men and women are very different athletes, and frankly, I didn't want to deal with the male potential.
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The more you fail in private, the less you will fail in public.
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I'm often asked, 'Where do you get your ideas?' ...It's like asking, 'Where do you find air to breathe?' Ideas are all around you.
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The formal education that I received made little sense to me.
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Living had little use for me other than how it could be funneled into dance.
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I always, somehow, knew that I was going to dance.
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The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.
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