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“Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.”

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Martha Graham, born on May 11, 1894, and died on April 1, 1991, was one of the pioneers of modern dance in the United States. Known as the 'Mother of Modern Dance', she was renowned for her unique dance style and profound emotional expression. more

“We Americans, with our terrific emphasis on youth, action, and material success, certainly tend to belittle the afternoon of life and even to pretend it never comes. We push the clock back and try to prolong the morning, over-reaching and over-straining ourselves in the unnatural effort. ... In our breathless attempts we often miss the flowering that waits for afternoon.”

Trying Action Waiting Effort Morning Missing Youth Materials Aging Clock Reaching Afternoon Emphasis Terrific Unnatural Flowering Belittle Breathless

Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Cut asparagus at night - in desperation. When one is very tired one always does one more thing.”

Doe Night Cutting Tired Desperation Asparagus

Book:War within and without: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944

Source: War within and without: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944

“Too many people, too many demands, too much to do; competent, busy, hurrying people - It just isn't living at all.”

People Too Much Demand Busy Competent Hurrying

Book:Bring me a unicorn: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928

Source: Bring me a unicorn: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928

“there is no sin punished more implacably by nature than the sin of resistance to change.”

Change Sin Resistance Resistance To Change

Book:The Wave of the Future a Confession of Faith

Source: The Wave of the Future a Confession of Faith

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