If the prodigal quits life in debt to others, the miser quits it still deeper in debt to himself.
Men and women are very different athletes, and frankly, I didn't want to deal with the male potential.
Ultimately there is no such thing as failure. There are lessons learned in different ways.
I had always seen myself as a star; I wanted to be a galaxy.
Dancers are allowed, indeed encouraged, to remain children forever.
Our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable.
No one is born with skill. It is developed through exercise, through repetition, through a blend of learning and reflection that's both painstaking and rewarding. And it takes time.
No kid is unsmart. Every kid's a genius at something. Our job is to find it. And then encourage it.
The living Church of the redeemed is his book. He founded a religion of the living spirit, not of a written code, like the Mosaic law. Yet his words and deeds are recorded by as honest and reliable witnesses as ever put pen to paper.
I'm not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's just a personal thing, not an ego thing.
I can excuse everything but boredom. Boring people don't have to stay that way.