The truest expression of a people is in its dances and its music. Bodies never lie.

No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.

To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.

Then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open.

A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head.

Who am I?, the artist asks. And he devotes his whole life to finding out.

Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.

The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously.

Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion.

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.

Never does our good God leave us save to hold us better

Your every ill-thought, secreted hate, cynical and vicious judgment you carry is meant only for you.

And remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love but by how much you are loved by others.

It's a whole other ball game and I am glad that I fit into that space where, whatever it is that you want to do and you are doing as long as you are happy with it, then you know What the Heck!

I do not believe that Congress or the Administration should prohibit the medical community from pursuing a promising avenue of research that may improve the lives of millions of Americans.

Change lays not her hand upon truth.

The trouble with normal is it only gets worse.

The Cosmos was not made by gods but always was and is eternal fire.

We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis

He who is good at excuses is generally good for nothing else.