Twyla Tharp Quotes
The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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My first paying job, when I was 15, I was a day camp counselor.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.
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I realize I have strength as an artist and professional by embracing my difference instead of what makes me the same.
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You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.
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I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.
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We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
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For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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Once a script is released that doesn't mean it's the final product. It's not set in stone.
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That's the best kind of music: the stuff that happens based off intuition.
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The reason to deal with Social Security is that it is a system where we have a tradition and history of making sure it is solidly funded for 75 years. At the moment, we look out and we see it is solidly funded until 2037.
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[Government] is apprehended, not as a committee of citizens chosen to carry on the communal business of the whole population, but as a separate and autonomous corporation, mainly devoted to exploiting the population for the benefit of its own members.
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It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life.
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The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts.
