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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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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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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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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really cant fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me. – Barbara Mandrell

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As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of experiences immediately as they happened. I needed to let things fester in my memory, mature and transmogrify into something meaningful. – Ayelet Waldman

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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family… they are nearly always seen as victims. – Francesca Annis

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It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. – Johann Schiller

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Let there be a small country with few people . . .
Though neighboring communities overlook one another and the crowing of cocks and barking of dogs can be heard,
Yet the people there may grow old and die without ever visiting one another. – Lao-Tzu

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Never think that Gods delays are Gods denials. Hold on; Hold fast; Hold out. Patience is genius. – Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon

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