I have such a respect and fascination for dance. I can be light as air or stay grounded. Dance is really another universe.

In this life, to earn your place you have to fight for it.

You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.

I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

There's no better makeup than self-confidence.

Scars remind me of just how far that I've come.

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

It doesn't matter if you are a musician, a business leader, a president or a student. We all have a responsibility to give back.

I can be like a lioness when defending my people.

Education affects every major challenge we face in society. It creates economic growth, paves the way for peace and stability and helps erase the legacy of marginalization.

Live your life to the fullest.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

You are ruin and chaos to them, but you are lovely to my eye.''You're brave or daft, then, ' she said, quite rightly. 'Chaos and ruin. Where does that leave me, then?

By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.

I love Atlanta. It's a great city with great crews there.

Why wear pants when you can wear a muumuu?

It's always darkness before the dawn.

Kids need to be structured in some way, but you don't want to force something down their throats that they have no interest in.

I like the idea of having a little bit of a mystery about me.

The indoctrination is so deep that educated people think they’re being objective.

Timing is everything with relationships.