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

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.

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.

I think that training is the key, definitely, and I devoted my life to it.

It feels good to have parents, but it feels even better to not have an evil one.

Learning new things swiftly will help you PROSPER

The risk of all friendship is, alas, a little grief.

My author role model is Kurata Misako. I want to be rich enough to drive from room to room in my home but also down to earth enough to let squirrels live in my hair.

Most budget airlines anywhere in the world are going to leave you dissatisfied after using them.

Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother, but the rest of the time there was none. This story is about one of those other times.

One day it was about getting married that mother talked with me, and I said I was so glad that when you didn't like being married, or got tired of your husband, you could get Unmarried.

The sign of an advanced spiritual person is that they don't think they're an advanced spiritual person until after liberation.

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.