The main thing, of course, always, is the fact that there is only one …

Martha Graham
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The main thing, of course, always, is the fact that there is only one of you in the world, just one, and if that is not fulfilled then something has been lost. Ambition is not enough; necessity is everything. ✨ The Routledge Dance Studies Reader. Book by Alexandra Carter and Janet O'Shea, p. 96, 1998.
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