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Very Quotes by Twyla Tharp
- Energy and time are finite resources; conserving them is very important.
- A lot of people insisted on a wall between modern dance and ballet. I'm beginning to think that walls are very unhealthy things.
- I think people want very much to simplify their lives enough so that they can control the things that make it possible to sleep at…
- I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to…
- I think that anyone who's pushed to do the very best that they can is privileged. It's a luxury.
- It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.
- In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe…
- I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me.
- The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.
- In those days, male dancers were a rarer breed than women. as they are still today, A good male dancer, one as strong as we…
- 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…
- My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything.…
- If you only do what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won't fail. You'll just stagnate, and your work…
- I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement…
- It's very difficult to justify a profession as a dancer.
- This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.
- There are very few critics who have historical context or authority.
- Broadway has some very tight expectations as to what a show is.
- Let me put it this way: I would like to direct a successful film. An unsuccessful film I would not like to direct. Films are…
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