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Own Quotes by Twyla Tharp
- I can't emphasize this idea enough. Getting involved with your collaborator's problems almost always distracts you from your own. That can be tempting. That can…
- Mastery is an elusive concept. You never know when you achieve it absolutely and it may not help you to feel you've attained it. We…
- After so many years, I've learned that being creative is a full-time job with its own daily patterns. That's why writers, for example, like to…
- I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I…
- It was not until I had graduated from college that I made a professional commitment to it. Frankly, I didn't think it wise. I was…
- You may wonder which came first: the skill or the hard work. But that's a moot point. The Zen master cleans his own studio. So…
- The ballet needs to tell its own story in such a way it can be received without having to be translated into language.
- The only way to know the truth of a movement is to do it on your own body.
- My own physicality, not an abstract idea, makes me a choreographer.
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov