I also had a will that let me eliminate everything that stood in the w…

Twyla Tharp
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I also had a will that let me eliminate everything that stood in the way of my becoming the best dancer I could be. By a gradual process... (I) had invested every bit of my dreams, my hopes, my energies in defining myself as a dancer. ✨ Twyla Tharp (1992). Push Comes to Shove, Bantam Dell Publishing Group
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