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I thought I had to make an impact on history. I had to become the

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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My mother was a dominant force in my life. She had a very specific idea about education, which was: you should know everything about everything. It was quite simple. There was no exclusivity, and there really was no judgment. – 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 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 principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful. – Noam Chomsky

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After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity. – George Ade

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Human history in essence is the history of ideas. – H. G. Wells

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I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power. – Robert Frost

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