"There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence"

-- Ninette de Valois

#Ballet Quotes #Influence Quotes #Wonderful Quotes

“One dictionary defines denouement as "a final part in which everything is made clear and no questions or surprises remain." By that definition, it is exactly the wrong word to describe this chapter. This chapter will make nothing clear; it will raise many questions; and it may even contain a surprise or two. But I say we call it the denouement anyway because the words sounds so sophisticated and French.”

Source : Pseudonymous Bosch (2011). “The Name of this Book is Secret: The Secret Series”, p.193, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“Reimbursement may be sometimes small, but then great ability can never be measured by the tickets at the gate.”
“I'm sure that there must have been times when you have read books or watched films and found yourself secretly wishing for the villain to win. Why? Isn't that against the rules by which our society lives? Why should you feel this way? It's simple, really; the villain is the true hero of these tales, not the well-intentioned moron who somehow foils their diabolical scheme. The villain get's all the best lines, has the best costumes, has unlimited power and wealth- why on earth would anyone not want to be the villain?”
“Trust me, when they read the [Oscar] results, my face was...frozen. But then I thought about it, and I just decided just to...let it go.”
“I never think of myself as an artist. I think of myself as making a point.”
“Science fiction is, after all, the art of extrapolation.”

Source : Introduction to the Everyman's Library edition of The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov, 2010.
“I think people had somehow gotten the sense that we have explored everything, when that isn't the case. We so know so little about the ocean, and so much of it is being destroyed.”
“My only master and my only mistress are the facts and objectivity. I have no others.”

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