To survive, you've got to keep wheedling your way. You can't just sit there and fight against odds when it's not going to work. You have to turn a corner, dig a hole, go through a tunnel - and find a way to keep moving.
Interpretation
Persistence and adaptability are essential for overcoming challenges.
In this quote, Twyla Tharp emphasizes the necessity of resilience in the face of adversity. Instead of resisting circumstances that may seem insurmountable, individuals must learn to navigate through difficulties with creativity and determination, adjusting their paths as needed to keep progressing towards their goals.
In practice
In a motivational speech about facing life's challenges.
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.
The decision to relax rather than to grip, even in the face of impatience or fear, is a conscious and brave choice.
The bathroom door swings open. Emma sees the blood painting my skin and the red rivers carved on my body. Emma sees the wet knife, silver and bone. The screams of my little sister shatter mirrors.
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
The battle goes on for me; as a gay man, I shall not be happy until I see equality across the board.
The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.
I'm fully aware that I am a lucky, lucky man. This Oscar belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS. It belongs to one exceptional family, and I will be it's custodian and I promise you that I will polish him, and wait on him hand and foot.
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