I've always felt compelled to explore range, because, as far as I know, we're only here once. So let's see how much we can encompass.
Interpretation
This quote encourages exploration and embracing a wide range of experiences in life.
Twyla Tharp expresses the idea that life is a unique and singular journey, prompting individuals to pursue a variety of experiences and knowledge. By urging us to explore the range of possibilities, Tharp inspires a mindset of curiosity and adventure, reinforcing the notion that we should strive to fully embrace our time on Earth and make the most of it.
In practice
In a speech about personal growth, one might quote Tharp to encourage others to seek diverse experiences.
Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.
Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
We cannot wait for great visions from great people, for they are in short supply. It is up to us to light our own small fires in the darkness.
The roots of Silicon Valley are full of stories of immigrants and minority groups who experienced bigotry and made it anyway. Why should women be any different?
Sail on ship of state, sail on, I union, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, with all its hopes of future years, is hanging on thy fate!
Everyone mentions the fact that I am the first African GM. I think it means nothing unless you impact people in Africa. That's what we're trying to try to continue to do - impact the game and make an impact on people over there.
In Genua, someone set out to make dreams come true. Remember some of your dreams?
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