"Everything is theater."

“You should be having more fun in high school, exploring things because you want to explore them and learning because you love learning-not worrying about competition.”

“Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with.”

“If you know anything about me, I've never been a trash-talker. That's not even part of my DNA.”

Source : "Q&A: Emmitt Smith on Dancing with the Stars". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. October 8, 2012.

“Worship is at heart a person offered to God, claiming no rights, making no more selfish demands than a dead man does, but living fully, richly and wholly to God and by His power.”

“I think there are perhaps two ways in which one can begin.”

“What unleashes action is an individual's willingness to make mistakes - even to look foolish or stupid.”

“I worked for [Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductee] Tommy Hunter. It was a wonderful training program at the CBC, because they made sure they never paid you very much, so you had to do a lot of things, and that way you made some money. [A phone rings.] That's my agent right now telling me I've got a 13 cent residual from Tommy Hunter in 1969.”

“So why did you want to kiss me?" "We're friends aren't we?" Callum shrugged. I relaxed into a smile. "Of course we are." "And if you can't kiss your friends who can you kiss?" Callum smiled.”

Source : Malorie Blackman (2007). “Black & White”, p.17, Simon and Schuster