I'm not a trained dancer, but I grew up in a culture that revolves around dance.

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.

The worst things always happen at night, and oftener than one would think on stormy nights. ("The Compensation House")

Figure out. Fight.

Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.

Life is series of opportunities. The often neglected fact of life is that opportunities multiply as you take advantage of them.

The extreme geniality of San Francisco's economic, intellectual and political climate makes it the most varied and challenging city in the United States.

A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.

When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.

Potential unexpressed turns to pain.

Like anyone who has a relationship with Jesus knows, the coolest thing about it is that it's infinite how much you can learn and begin to understand. It's something that grabbed me.

The game was two hours, with the commercials. I wish they did that now.