Twyla Tharp Quotes
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In the mid-1990s, when Russia was undergoing a construction boom, I entered the real estate development market.
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I've done quite a few things based on real events or real people, and I think that's always really interesting that you can read about them or, if you're lucky, you can meet them.
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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways - either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength. Thanks to the teachings of Buddha, I have been able to take this second way.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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Real golf is the 20 million people who play once a week or once a month.
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It's got to be harder in real life to win a World Cup. But depending on if you play World Class level on FIFA, it's going to be difficult to win in the video game, too.
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I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.
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Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn't have to think about it too much.
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Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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I remain on 'SVU' because it is an incredible opportunity.
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I worked for the Office of Management and Budget in the White House, on nuclear energy policy. But I decided it would be much more fun to have a specialty food store, so I left Washington D.C. and moved to the Hamptons. And how glad I am that I did!
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I can't imagine working without and audience.
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There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.
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I was really into dancing, taking six classes a week, and my real dream was to be in a Broadway show.
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The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.
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There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street.
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You want to reach people, but you also want to reach them in the most authentic way. You now have a mass market and an audience that's listening, but they're in love with a song that means absolutely nothing to you.
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Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.
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Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware of, but that's just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history - empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves.'
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If you ask why I do what I do - I want to make a difference. I don't just want to maintain the status quo. I want to help people, to work with institutions or create ones when they don't exist.
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Counterpoint is a component that gives real energy, and it is about optimism.
