If the history of the past fifty years teaches us anything, it is that peace does not follow disarmament - disarmament follows peace.
I worked consistently on Broadway from when I was 8 years old through 'Spring Awakening,' which I left in 2008.
A lighthouse doesn't save the ships; it doesn't go out and rescue them, it's just this pillar that helps to guide people home.
Grief is a very scary thing, and there comes a point where it can really take you down.
I was never pretty enough to be the pretty girl and I was never quirky enough to be the quirky girl. Boys didn't look at me in high school and think I was the pretty girl.
But people are going to say what they want to say. I know who I am, and I'm not perfect.
I need some me-time. I have to remember to rest, because I have a natural energy and I don't want to burn out.
Some people even think that I'm still just not right for it [ballet]. And I think it's shocking because they hear those words from critics saying I'm too bulky, I'm too busty. And then they meet me in person and they're like, you look like a ballerina. And I think it's just something maybe that I will never escape from, those people who are narrow-minded. But my mission, my voice, my story, my message, is not for them. And I think it's more important to think of the people that I am influencing and helping to see a broader picture of what beauty is.
You don't bring in a gay character as a way of commenting on gay issues. You have one there because he's real, and that's his life, no less so than your life is yours.
When a man's hand touches the hand of a woman, they both touch the heart of eternity.
You ought to be able to discover something from your stories. If you don't, probably nobody else will.