#tory

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#object #oratory #persuasion #truth

I was looking at a photograph of the 1997 election campaign yesterday, and I thought: 'My God. Did I really have that hairstyle? And that Tory blue suit?' ↗

— Theresa May

#campaign #did #election #god #hairstyle

Focusing on the way I look makes me uncomfortable. I try to focus on the way I feel - I know what makes me feel better about myself. Reading my child a story makes me feel great, doing my hair nicely doesn't. ↗

— Elle Macpherson

#better #child #doing #feel #focus

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it. ↗

— William H. Macy

#decide #i #like #me #pay

The writer interweaves a story with his own doubts, questions, and values. That is art. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#doubts #his #own #questions #story

For example, I loved English and history at school. I would have loved to have done a degree in either. But my Mom said I didn't have time for university. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#done #either #english #example #for example

The Copernican revolution brought about by Kant was, I think, the most important single turning point in the history of philosophy. ↗

— Bryan Magee

#brought #history #i #i think #important

Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story. ↗

— Naguib Mahfouz

#events #home #story #street #these

There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and "live" with the characters. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#certainly #characters #everyday #everyday life #life

I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#age #age group #am #another #children