Reciting lines is hard; making stuff up is much, much easier.
I've also always known that I wouldn't be playing for the N. B. A.
Make it a point to be around those with positive energy - people who want what's best for you, people who understand your goals and priorities.
I think every time I go in a game, I have added something positive. I have gotten a rebound or made a defensive play. That is what I try to focus on.
There's nothing masculine about being competitive. There's nothing masculine about trying to be the best at everything you do, nor is there anything wrong with it. I don't know why a female athlete has to defend her femininity just because she chooses to play sports
Femininity and sport can go together.
I'm happy and at peace with where I am at life.
The necessity of loyalty between friends, the responsibility that the strong owe the infirm, the illusion of ill-gotten gain, the rewards of hard work, honesty, and trust-these are enduring truths glimpsed and judged first through the imagination, first through art.
Young adults that actually read are reading bodice rippers and best-sellers and me. And Horror.
The best use of good laws is to teach men to trample bad laws under their feet.
I started to see human beings as little lonesome, water based, pink meat, life forms pushing air through themselves and making noises that the other little pieces of meat seemed to understand. I was thinking to myself, 'There's five billion people here but we've never been more isolated. ' The only result of the aggressive individualism we pursue is that you lose sight of your compassion and we go to bed at night thinking, 'Is this all there is?' because we don't feel fulfilled.