All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack. '
The political lesson of Watergate is this: Never again must America allow an arrogant, elite guard of political adolescents to by-pass the regular party organization and dictate the terms of a national election.
America now is stumbling through the darkness of hatred and divisiveness. Our values, our principles, and our determination to succeed as a free and democratic people will give us a torch to light the way. And we will survive and become the strongernot only because of a patriotism that stands for love of country, but a patriotism that stands for love of people.
In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.
A woman asked me recently, "What are the blocks to my happiness?" I said, "The belief that you have blocks. "
We can only be responsible for what we ourselves do.
In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, 'What do I want to do?' Your 30s, 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' I think the trick is living the questions. Not worrying so much about what's ahead but rather sitting in the gray area; being okay with where you are. If you can find the parity between 'Where am I going?' and 'What's my purpose?' you've got two pretty solid pillars for your coffee table.
I don't wear a lot of color. In fact, I don't actually like color on myself. I love color but it's very challenging, it's very powerful, it can overpower you. I think if my eyes were closed and someone put a red jacket on me, I would be able to feel that it was red. I don't feel great in color.