Twyla Tharp Quotes
When I was a kid, toe dancing and toe shoes had a meaning in our culture as a serious kind of art.
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.
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A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind.
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How can something that's 95% water be so divisive? Alone among vegetables, the poor, innocent stick of celery elicits the most vicious attacks.
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One of the things I have to do, and I'm working on it, is making sure I enjoy the ride along the way. I have to remind myself, 'Take a look around, look at things, and enjoy it.'
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I am young, and I think all young guys would love to play a superhero - any superhero - it doesn't matter. I could be a superhero that would just turn into a big blob or something like that, but I could tell all the ladies, 'Hey, I am superhero!'
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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There is nothing in my work that can be taken as blasphemy.
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I like being unconventional.
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If I got hit by a truck, I would want to go to hospital, but if something is bothering me I will see my naturopath.
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When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.
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It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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Every single administration in American political history has put cronies and pals and donors into political positions. But normally those people become the ambassador to Liechtenstein or the deputy undersecretary of commerce.
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How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?
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A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
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Making sure women get equal pay for equal work remains one of my top priorities.
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There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer with food, but with the price of food.
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When I was a kid, toe dancing and toe shoes had a meaning in our culture as a serious kind of art.
