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Twyla Tharp

"I never studied with Balanchine, but his work was very important to me."

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"If I went to work in a factory the first thing I'd do is join a union."

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"Work indeed has many more benefits than money."

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"Do the good work, with the resources you have."

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"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worst when they despise him. But of a good leader, who talks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, 'We did this ourselves.'"

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"Being a father, well, I don't know if this is a change, but it makes me want to get out of here faster. Get off the clock. Just 'cause the baby is my reason for living, my reason for coming to work."

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"A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing."

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"Be a worthy worker and work will come."

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"We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity."

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"To business that we love we rise betime And go to it with delight."

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"The purpose of work is to labor and invest time in your gift."

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"Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism."
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"The formal education that I received made little sense to me."
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"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home."
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"I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies."
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"I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't."
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"The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing."
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"Dance has never been a particularly easy life, and everybody knows that."
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"I have not wanted to intimidate audiences. I have not wanted my dancing to be an elitist form. That doesn't mean I haven't wanted it to be excellent."
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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."
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"I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving."
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