We’re all given gifts in life, it’s what we do with them that shows us what we’ve learned.

The old gal was only another lonely creature in a world that didn’t care

Be true to yourself and surround yourself with positive, supportive people.

Ballet technique never becomes easy, it becomes possible

You have to transfer your success on the track to your education, because you don't want to waste what you did athletically once your athletic career is over.

Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.

I'm a real workaholic.

Posterity will one day laugh at the foolishness of modern materialistic philosophers.

I was really in to shiny things when I was younger and I stole a shiny tag for my dog. I didn't get caught. I hope I don't go to jail for that.

Tourists moved over the piazza like drugged insects on a painted plate.

I think the Internet is going to open up a lot of possibilities with music, and the shake-up of power is exciting to me.