Quote by Twyla Tharp
My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we we

My mother was the first woman in the county in Indiana where we were born, in Jay County, to have a college degree. She was educated as a pianist and she wanted to concertize, but when the war came she was married, had a family, so she started teaching. – Twyla Tharp

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I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the greatest choreographer of my time. That was my mission. Posterity deals with us however it sees fit. But I gave it 20 years of my best shot. – Twyla Tharp

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The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts. – Twyla Tharp

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My family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dream of Africa, even though everyone else did because we didnt have any money, because Africa was the dark continent, and because I was a girl. – Jane Goodall

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Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof. – Richard Bach

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Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. – David Ogden Stiers

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In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. – Margaret Laurence

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In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action. – Louis D. Brandeis

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For God so loved the World that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. – Jesus Christ

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