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.
You have risen with all power in Your hands. You have given me a second chance. Hallelujah, hallelujah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Iβm not going back, Iβm moving ahead. Here to declare to You my past is over in You. All things are made new, surrendered my life to Christ. Iβm moving, moving forward.
Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.
The days I see a Make-A-Wish kid are the best days of the week. It's a real privilege. I give them exactly what they give me - hope.
Harry is the best hope we have. Trust him.
The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.
You know how mountains get moved? Everyone who can move a couple, move a couple. Those who can move rocks, move rocks. Those who can move boulders, move boulders. That's how mountains get moved. If every one of us did everything we could, I believe we would be in a different world.
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