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In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the

In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe its simply because I wasnt that committed to geometry. – Twyla Tharp

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Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism. – Twyla Tharp

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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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When it comes to controlling human beings, there is no better instrument than lies. Because you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts. – Michael Ende

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Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power. – Pierre Corneille

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If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured. – Stendhal

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The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always. – Willa Cather

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Only in the early morning light of day, and of life, can we see the world without its shadows. Truth requires new beginnings. – Jeb Dickerson, jebdickerson.com

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I durst not laugh for fear of opening my lips and receiving the bad air. – William Shakespeare

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