“A star can never die. It just turns into a smile and melts back into the cosmic music, the dance of life.”

I really do wish people could understand me some day.

Never rush an emotion; everything in life has a rhythm, it is the pauses and silences that speak the truth.

The happiness and the joy that I see in the eyes of the children. They saved my life so I want to, give it back. I’m not joking.

Damned indecision and cursed pride.

I’m a strong person. I’m a warrior and I know what is inside of me.

You can always dream, and your dreams can come true. But you have to make them come true.

May we continue to remember not to judge man by the color of his skin, but the content of his character.

Be humble, believe in yourself, and have the love of the world in your heart.

Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.

Hope is such a beautiful word, but it often seems very fragile. Life is still being needlessly hurt and destroyed.

In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.

No matter what you do, give it everything you have. Be the best, not the second best.

I love to read. I wish I could advise more people to read. There’s a whole other world in books.

I’m a perfectionist; I’ll work until I drop.

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

I can’t ignore someone that’s in need or is hurting. How can people just turn their heads from something like that.

I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.

I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.

But art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows Beauty, that has music in its soul and the color of sunsets in its headkerchiefs; that can dance on a flaming world and make the world dance, too.

I will dance under stars I can not see; and I will hold hands I can not yet reach.

When I design a wedding dress with a bustle, it has to be one the bride can dance in. I love the idea that something is practical and still looks great.

Figure skating has been a great influence for me. I took dance at the School of American Ballet, which helped my own skating. And whether you are a skater or a dancer, without sounding narcissistic, it is all about looking in the mirror.

I know I always say my occupation is not dancing, but dancing is in my heart, dancing makes me feel good.

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)