Twyla Tharp Quotes

Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way.

Twyla Tharp

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• I studied Morse code.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Code
  • Studied
  • Morse

• I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • Time
  • Know
  • Need

• Race differences show up early in life.

  

  J. Philippe Rushton
  • Life
  • Up
  • Race

• I think it's good to explore it. I don't feel bad about that... I mean, I think everyone has a sense of - has a dark side, has a - carries some sort of pain with them. And I find it fun to crack it open and go there.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Fun

• The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

  

  F. H. Bradley
  • Happiness
  • Secret
  • Admire

• Kids, don't be too big to accept advice.

  

  Hack Wilson
  • Kids
  • Advice
  • Accept

• Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.

  

  Samira Wiley
  • Different
  • Long
  • Want

• When a man sits in our jails for a number of years, and around him friends and family become angry, that is how we create terrorists.

  

  Ada Yonath
  • Family
  • Friends
  • Man

• I simply believe that people who respect their customers and have faith in their own technology products should welcome competition and that consumer choice should be a paramount value in retailing.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • People
  • Believe
  • Faith

• I've been really lucky that I've been exposed to a lot of lovely, talented people who are not jerks, and I would like to continue that streak.

  

  Mackenzie Davis
  • People
  • Lucky
  • Lovely

• I think my strengths are definitely - I'm a really good glider. I'm one of the fastest, like on a straight drag race, I can pretty much kill that.

  

  Nate Holland
  • Good
  • Think
  • Pretty

• People didn't wasn't the People's party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready.

  

  Imran Khan
  • People
  • Power
  • Party

• I like to play the ukulele, but I'm not, like, awesome at it. I mostly play the piano and the guitar.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Like
  • Guitar
  • Awesome

• Being vegan is a glorious adventure. It touches every aspect of my life - my relationships, how I relate to the world.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Life
  • World
  • Adventure

• Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.

  

  Gary Owen
  • People
  • Black
  • White

• I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood.

  

  Mac Davis
  • Company
  • Hollywood
  • Worked

• The sea was a phenomenon I had never clapped eyes on for myself, yet it seemed, from the tales, a destination ultimate and uncompromising. The ocean’s edge, the brink of the land; the lip of Chaos.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • Eyes
  • Sea
  • Ocean

• The window opened gently and a still Autumn night entered cat-like. Edwin smelt freedom and London autumn – decay, smoke, cold, motor oil.

  

  Anthony Burgess
  • Night
  • Freedom
  • Cold

• I want to make sure I always show off my smile and have a positive attitude the whole time, whether it's during a performance, practice, or doing an interview.

  

  Laurie Hernandez
  • Time
  • Practice
  • Positive

• The worst time was 1983. Love and life and everything went wrong. I reached absolute rock bottom. I saw the Minotaur at the bottom of the abyss. I learnt of the harshness of the world and its impartiality to human failure.

  

  Ben Okri
  • Life
  • Time
  • World

• I was a '90s kid, so I missed 'Jem and the Holograms.' But once I delved into the whole world of it, I realized it's iconic. There's incredible dancing in the movie, too.

  

  Aubrey Peeples
  • World
  • Movie

• Without a doubt, the next few minutes would be the most hellishly exciting in my life. Grinding pain and killer fatigue waited just beyond the word, "Partez." But I tried to ignore those prespects, and concentrate on the priceless feelings that also awaited. I thought about the perfect strokes we would take, and about the merciless surge of power we would unleash in the last 500 meters.

  

  Brad Alan Lewis
  • Power
  • Pain
  • Doubt

• What do you know about sooner or later? Is a moment only a moment when you're in pain?

  

  Bette Greene
  • Pain
  • Moment

• Nothing is more terrifying to me, really, than the status quo. I'll make mistakes before I keep doing something the same way.

  

  Twyla Tharp