First, don't cry. That's the worst thing a gymnast can do in training, because it can ruin your concentration and lead to injury. Second, always place the highest demands of yourself in the sport.

Passion makes you good, but pride stops you to get better.

The main recipients of injustice in any society are the afflicted the distressed and the troubled one, both in soul and in body.

To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

to hell with literaturewe want something redblooded

You are the mother, the father, the sister, the brother, the teacher and the guide for the soul that has been placed in your trust.

Every CEO of a social network should be required to use the default privacy settings for all of their accounts on the service.

The sculptor must search with passionate intensity for the underlying principle of the organisation of mass and tension - the meaning of gesture and the structure of rhythm.

I want the best product for my audience, and if I don't care 100%, who will? It's my name, my likeness that goes out there.

I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.

I had become an atheist at the age of thirteen, when atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.