Well, my hand never fell off, and within no time, I was bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments.

I started bowling when I was 14, my freshman year in high school.

Soon after I was born, my parents moved to the South Florida area, and I've lived here ever since (with a few years of living in both Portugal and Brazil in my younger days).

I vividly remember bowling 20 + games a day, 2 or 3 times a week.

I was born on May 17, 1979, in Newark, New Jersey.

I ain't going to bump no more with no big fat woman.

Currently, I bowl regional tournaments out of the PBA Southern Region.

This big fat woman bumped me on the floor, she was rarin' to go, she was rarin' to go. Then she did a dip, I almost broke my hip.

If we all want the peace and flooded the world with love, peace will wait for us at the shore.

Cowardice is for cowards. Fear is for people with brains and eyes and functioning nerve endings.

It's impossible having five, six, seven people in a room being creative together and not fight, because you want to fight. It's the only way creativity works, if you all put your ideas in.

Despotism may be able to do without religion, but democracy cannot.

Let's remember that our leadership is defined not just by our defence against threats, but by the enormous opportunities to do good and promote understanding.

But particularly when the media profess to strive toward objectivity, gatekeepers play a crucial role in helping people navigate the news to make educated political decisions.

Even nightingales can’t be fed on fairy tales.

Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.

Success is on the other side of your comfort zone.

Sexual fidelity is more important in a homosexual relationship than in any other. In other relationships there are a variety of ties. But here, fidelity is the only bond.