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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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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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Does history repeat itself, the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce? No, that – Julian Barnes

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The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding. – Will and Ariel Durant, The Reformation

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A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. – Norman Cousins

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If you read about Mussolini or Stalin or some of these other great monsters of history, they were at it all the time, that they were getting up in the morning very early. They were physically very active. They didnt eat lunch. – A. N. Wilson

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