You, me, this city, this country, we will always have a choice.When you stand up to be counted, tell the world, THIS IS MY VOICE. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

I accept that today may be imperfect... I accept that I may be as well. What I don't accept is that imperfection should be the crutch I use to excuse myself from participating in joy.

I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up I stand on mountain tops believing that avalanches will teach me to let go I know nothing but I am here to learn.

The tiniest dream that you make happen is worth more than the biggest dream that you never attempt.

I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.

Look at an avalanche, and see that we are at our most powerful when we let go. Look at a flower, and see that we are at our most beautiful when we open up.

If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.

We come from the mentality, that rarely sees the horror in symmetry or the beauty in non-conformity

Our lives will only ever always continue to be a balancing act that has less to do with pain and more to do with beauty.

I have loved this life. I smile because I have tiny dreams that play hopscotch at the corners of my mouth. And every time I breathe they float, every time I laugh, they fly kites.

If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.

No pessimist discovered the secrets of the stars or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit

They that know no evil will suspect none.

Love's a loaded gun and it shoots to kill.

A good day is when no one shows up and you don't have to go anywhere.

We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

Not everyone who wants to make a film is crazy, but almost everyone who is crazy wants to make a film.

But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can’t. Or won’t.

If you can get through the first round you have a good chance of getting into the next one.

You can avoid the press if you really want to and I don't walk around with five security guards either because I think that just draws attention.

The tragic incident of Luis Salom reminds us that our sport, our passion, is dangerous. We know it but, in a way, we don't think about it.