I'm a pescatarian, so I don't eat red meat or pork. So my dinners usually consist of seafood in some way. And maybe cookies after!

Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top.

You can do anything you want, even if you are being told negative things.stay strong and find motivation.

The best piece of advice that I remember probably on a daily basis is to accept everything about me that is different. That is what makes me special.

You can dream big and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from.

My body is very different from most of the dancers I dance with. My hair is different than most I dance with. But I didn't let that stop me. Black girls rock and can be ballerinas.

The path to your success is not as fixed and inflexible as you think.

You're always working to improve, and you're always being critiqued on your next performance. It's not about what you've done. There's always room to grow.

I just try to approach every opportunity on stage, as if it's my first time and my last time.

I feel like I represent every young dancer, and even non-dancer, who felt they were not accepted by the ballet world. I'd like to think that they can see themselves in me.

There are muscles that we have in our feet that most human beings don't even know that we have. The strength that we have is so detailed.

Those who have FAITH believe that the Sun will Rise. They don’t wake up in the morning and look out to see if the sun has failed them.

I think good chemistry starts with mutual respect.

The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living.

All fame ever does for you is get attention for the work you really want to do.

I aim to be translucent, so you don't notice the words, just their meaning. I haven't much insight into people's motivations.

The only weapons I ever had were my cello and my baton.

The anarchist painter is not the one who will create anarchist pictures, but the one who will fight with all his individuality against official conventions.

I became aware of my destiny: to belong to the critical minority as opposed to the unquestioning majority.

You can't hide... from The Deadman.

A newly elected representative quickly discovers that his job in government-aside from making new laws-is to act as a broker, middleman, special pleader and finagler.