There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is tra…

Martha Graham
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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. ✨ The Life and Work of Martha Graham. Book by Agnes de Mille, p. 264, 1991.
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There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. ✨ The Life and Work of Martha Graham. Book by Agnes de Mille, p. 264, 1991.

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