To make real change, you have to be well anchored - not only in the belief that it can be done, but also in some pretty real ways about who you are and what you can do.
Interpretation
True change requires a strong sense of self and belief in your capabilities.
This quote emphasizes that effectively implementing change relies on a solid foundation of self-awareness and confidence. It highlights the importance of not only believing in the possibility of change but also understanding one's identity and abilities to make that change a reality.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth and development.
Do I watch dancers as people? Yes, absolutely. Do I watch really good dancers for specifically who they are? Absolutely, because how they move best and how they look best is going to be most familiar to them, and not necessarily to me.
I am still pushing the edge of what my body can do.
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.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.
Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.
Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.
The full horror of what has happened in the United States earlier today is now becoming clearer. It is hard even to contemplate the utter carnage and terror which has engulfed so many innocent people. We've offered President Bush and the American people our solidarity, our profound sympathy, and our prayers. But it is plain that citizens of many countries round the world, including Britain, will have been caught up in this terror.
Until white people understand that racism is embedded in everything, including our consciousness and socialisation, then we cannot go forward.
We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put.
Change only takes place through action, not through meditation and prayer.
Do not fear. Look beyond what's dying to what's being born.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.