Twyla Tharp Quotes
When I was a kid, the avant-garde to me was boring because it was just the flip side of being really successful.
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.
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In a nutshell though, it's just all about opening up to the people that really care about my career and really listening to everybody who is listening to me. It's just made me stronger, to really be able to open up that door and listen to everybody else's opinions.
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People may remember something I did on the field for a couple of days, maybe a week.
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I like Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Common. But I like the underground stuff like Young Jeezy, Black Rob and Shine. I also love heavy metal like Slipknot and Pantera, It's very intense stuff.
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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It's so easy to get used to playing a role. Then all of the sudden when you're tossed out of it, it's almost like you have to remember how to act again!
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The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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Akshay Kumar is a senior in the industry, and I consider myself lucky to be working with him. Each film of his opens to a packed house. Today, a film will sell only if you have a story. The audience is smart and won't be taken for a ride. And I'm confident about my movies.
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I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.
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Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while.
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Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.
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I kind of make music where and when I can, and I guess that's why I collaborate so much.
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I don't really like the idea of putting myself in any category now... I think that people are looking for music that's real and honest and that they can relate to emotionally.
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As a scholar I am interested in the philosophy of language, semiotics, call it what you want, and one of the main features of the human language is the possibility of lying.
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Old-school Dire Straits songs are on heavy rotation: 'So Far Away,' 'Romeo and Juliet' and of course 'Sultans of Swing.'
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I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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Too many religious organizations are in the business of enforcing beliefs.
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I beat Randy Orton, one of the all-time greats, you know. Why can't I beat a Brock Lesnar?
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I don’t really feel like the gender of character is what causes someone to identify with them. It’s the situation they’re in, it’s the way they deal with danger, the way that they deal with fears. And so I feel like it’s a slightly larger question in terms of what makes us identify with someone.
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I'd like to film a British commercial; they're better than American ones.
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I don't have a lot of clothes or a lot of possessions to bog me down.
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When I was a kid, the avant-garde to me was boring because it was just the flip side of being really successful.
