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

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
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I had always seen myself as a star I wanted to be a galaxy.
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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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I was interested in becoming a show dancer, for which I tried, but I'm not tall enough.
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I’m much stronger than most women. Consequently, when I work with men, or when I’m partnered by men... We can actually go into kinds of movement that haven’t been available before, simply because I’ve strengthened myself as a woman, not because I’ve weakened him.
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