Deborah Quotes

Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.

Whether it is done quickly or slowly, however splendid the results, the process of writing fiction is inherently, inevitably, indistinguishable from wasting time.

We are so habitually nostalgic by now that we anticipate looking back in the midst of enjoyment, look forward to watching the videos we're taking of our children even as we make them.

Once our idea of heaven meant all the dead relatives waiting on the kept lawn of the many mansions as if, suddenly sinless, they had nothing to do.

Individualism and mobility are at the core of American identity

What does the Christian faith say about Mary's childhood. We do not know much of Mary's childhood.

I taught myself the first year course while I was on the dole, then moved to London to do an MA at SOAS, which led straight into a PhD.

I really think about the times that I've been through with my husband and all the stuff that we've been through together, and I think to those moments for inspiration for the role.

We've never performed the song live outside of recording it in the studio. That was a dream come true because Whitney, she's an icon and she's been one of my main mentors in this business.

Singers like her, Patti, Tina Turner, I revere them when I'm in their presence.

Happy people look young. You’re really afraid of getting older, aren’t you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy.

So if the dance is five minutes long, make yourself run for perhaps eight minutes. That way, you over-train and the dance will seem easier.

You can't reduce lactic acid, but you can increase your tolerance to it. I do this through running or cycling, but it's a good idea to match your training bout to the type of dance you do.

Because muscle is heavier than fat, dancers weigh more than you might think, but they are usually very lean.

It is one thing to do your dance on a beach and quite another to collaborate intimately with the sand.

It's another myth that dancing distorts or destroys your feet. If you have the right shaped foot to start and a good, strong technique, your feet should be fine.

A good dancer is an educated one, so dont abandon school.

There is a comfort in rituals, and rituals provide a framework for stability when you are trying to find answers.

I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly not all tutus! So experience of other dance forms is a good idea.

Dancing is a tough career, but I'm glad I spent it at the Royal Ballet.

I do take class because I still dance, and yes, I do slip into class with the Royal Ballet from time to time.

If you are unclear about what attitudes you adhere to, you will have a difficult time evaluation which ones are not serving your highest good.

Never talk back to a teacher. Teachers are like God. Actually, teachers are God's boss.

I've tried that love thing for the last time. My heart says no, no! Nobody's supposed to be here, but you came along and changed my mind

Our home tells a story about us, so we may as well take the opportunity to make it a stylish one.

The goal is to learn to be nurturing with yourself so you can feel free.

I have lots of interests, but it's true that dancing is a very full-time job.

In dialogue, there is opposition, yes, but no head-on collision. Smashing heads does not open minds.

I want to run the beach's length, because it never ends.

The key to conversation at work is flexibility and understanding how what you say might be perceived by others.

Treating people the same is not equal treatment if they are not the same.

Every moment is all the things that have happened before and all the things that are going to happen, and...the way all those things look at one point on their way along a line.

In choosing where to live or vacation, we may be setting the stage for the play of ourselves, treating nature as prop.

Your choice is to be active or passive in your responses

Beliefs that are good promote your potential and enhance your unique special qualities.

There's this incredible pressure, especially on teens, to be perfect, look right, have the right clothes, date the right people, get into the right school, have the right home life, and so on.

Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically.

If you don't expect much you can't be disappointed.

Things that are unknown attract us.

I personally think that we should be extremely reluctant to use a recall mechanism for an unpopular decision simply because of the message it sends about judicial independence.

Letting go is the hardest part... but you have to look at it through their eyes and realize the pain you caused them is that same pain you feel now.

The best legacy we leave is not for our children but in our children.

If you don't ever get out of your comfort zone you will never make it to the end zone!.

Life is all about Living, Forgiving and Loving!.

My best friends are books, I can easily read them and take them wherever I go.

I have been there, and I have seen these totally formed babies as early as ten weeks...with the leg missing, or with their head off. I have seen the little rib cages.

It is what it is. Either walk on, or accept.

It is said that our destiny is set, predetermined before conception. But I myself, have never been a believer.

She was not a poet. She was a poem.

If you put out acceptance and warmth, you tend to attract the same.