'Revelations' is one of the most important pieces to the African American arts. It assesses the hope and despair of a people and overcoming the struggle with our faith.

I believe dance is a manifestation and celebration of the tenacity of the human spirit.

There are some things that cannot be expressed through words. And that is why we dance.

I grew up in a very spiritual home in a Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, FL. I was raised in the church, and my mother was a very inspirational person in my life.

I studied dance at a high school arts magnet program before moving on to Miami's New World School of the Arts, and from there, I went on to study at The Juilliard School.

I come from strong people who believe in the freedom of expression and, of course, a culture that believes in that. So the idea of overcoming adversity is something that is not unfamiliar.

A million possible endearments ran through his head. But he said, “Help.

Own your mistakes. Even when you’re in the process ofscrewing up.

Mystery is not profoundness.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

So far I, at least, have no fault to find with implications of Hamilton's Federalism, but unfortunately his policy was in certain other respects tainted with a more doubtful tendency.

Always stay in your own movie.

The truth is obtained like gold, not by letting it grow bigger, but by washing off from it everything that isn't gold

If you reduce the guns and the ammo, you'll reduce the murders.

Decide what you want to be, do, and have, think the thoughts of it, emit the frequency, and your vision will become your life.

I first came on the scene during the Johnson years and that crowd was out all the time enjoying themselves. Nixon wasn't particularly social but a lot of the people in his administration were.