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The notion of the hero as outsider, as alien, is forget it, over, done with. It's not about being against society anymore. It's about standing there, holding something up. It's not pulling away.

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Twyla Tharp
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: July 1
Ballet Dancer
Choreographer
Dancer
Writer
Portland
Indiana
Forget
Outsiders
Society
Pulling
Away
Aliens
Done
Holding
Something
Anymore
Notion
Hero
Outsider
Standing
Alien

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