Twyla Tharp Quotes
With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances.
Quotes to Explore
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I love nails, so I literally just search the word 'nails' on Tumblr and start looking.
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The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other.
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains.
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People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
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I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
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I don't think my parents would have let me go straight into acting full time when I was 12. I do like to have balance, naturally, as an individual.
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When you have an engagement, at least in my world, the world that I create for myself, an engagement doesn't begin when you hit the stage and end when you leave the stage. It begins when you hit the city limits, and it ends when you leave the city limits.
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Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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Bullies always have another target.
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There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.
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Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.
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One of our fundamental human needs is finding our partner that we hope we will stay with for the rest of our lives. You often find the same search in other genres. The mystery novel has a romance subplot. Literary novels often focus on that relationship but do not often end well.
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FDR once said he was like a cat, that he would pounce and then relax. That's much harder to do in the 24-hour cable world, because it's almost like the press demands of you to be saying something or doing something every day.
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People are funny in the way that they choose to express themselves.
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With each piece I've completed I have worked to make it intact, and each of them has been an equal high. It's like children. A mother refuses to pick out one as a favorite, and I can't do any better with the dances.
