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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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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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History never looks like history when you are living through it. – John W. Gardner

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I dont think that theres been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and its done them any good. – Rashida Jones

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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. – Thurgood Marshall

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Nixons full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the countrys history. – Conrad Black

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