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Skill is how you close the gap between what you can see in your mind's eye and what you can produce the more skill you have, the more sophisticated and accomplished your ideas can be. With absolute skill comes absolute confidence.
Twyla Tharp
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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
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Portland
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