I am very, very clear on how difficult it is for a young kid out there to go into the arts without taking a lot of heat from his peers.

You can't be pregnant in leotards, and this is the last chance for us to get our bodies into the shape of concert dancers and capture it with the magic of film.

I keep my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles.

What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.

Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.

If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself.

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

Together we can make a world where cancer no longer means living with fear, without hope, or worse.

When you dance, things just go away, things don't seem so bad.

There's no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.

Writing blooms flowers for mind, which last forever.

Writing is my passion and burns in me like a fire. I'm always writing and honing my skills to feed the flames.

There is no time to plan, there is no space to think. No respite. No forgiveness. There is only war.

She hits me and she beats me and she drinks. My mom is an alcoholic.

My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they've been more pioneers on the special education side.

life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; ... it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you do something, unless you make something it's as though you aren't there.

And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.

I'm putting my place in the universe into perspective. I'm stardust. I'm golden brown. I'm just one small bit in a vast expanse.

Apathy is the acceptance of the unacceptable.

Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.