"I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life."

-- Sally Ride

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“The dancer gradually introduces all that his art comprises.”

Source : Carlo Blasis (1830). “The code of Terpsichore. The art of dancing, tr. by R. Barton”, p.40
“The pseudoscience of astrology has no place in magick. Astrology has already died twice: once with the classical gods, and a second time after the Enlightenment. The complete failure of contemporary psychology to create anything other than a vocabulary of intellectual rubbish has encouraged astrology to resurface.”
“The fundamental characteristic of the scientific method is honesty. In dealing with any question, science asks no favors. ... I believe that constant use of the scientific method must in the end leave its impress upon him who uses it. ... A life spent in accordance with scientific teachings would be of a high order. It would practically conform to the teachings of the highest types of religion. The motives would be different, but so far as conduct is concerned the results would be practically identical.”
“In a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program.”
“I met Princess Anne once at a charity do and she said Blue Peter made her realise TV was all lies - she'd gone to Africa on safari with Valerie Singleton and they didn't see a thing, but when she watched it on TV they'd edited in some lion cubs. I was like, 'Oh dear.' I still don't know if she was joking or not.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn't have an opportunity.”
“You have seen me at my worst and at my weakest. Let me show you my best.”

Source : Alison Goodman (2011). “Eona”, p.281, Penguin
“The idea that positive illusions are in the service of sef-esteem virtually requires that they stay in check. If one develops substantially unrealistic expectations regarding the future that greatly exceed what one is actually able to accomplish, then one is set up for failure and disappointment, leading to lower self-esteem.”

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