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Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

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

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: british
Birth: October 25, 1800 - December 28, 1859

Topics

Truth Alone Persuasion Object

That's the bulk of my lyrical output - being confused and trying to find answers to my confusion.

Confused Trying Find Confusion Being

Whence, then, did the cathedral derive its power? Clearly here: It took back the family into the confidences of religion. It taught man and woman how the human and the divine love could go hand in hand.

Jenkin Lloyd Jones

Family Love Power Woman Man Back

I can remember being home from school with tonsillitis and writing stories in bed to pass the time.

Home Time School Writing Remember

The way you get your script to the right people is that you put it in an envelope. It's easy. The difficult bit is writing something that is so good people will take a punt on a brand new writer.

Good People Writing Brand Easy You

In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic enough.

Roman Abramovich

Opinion Enough Country Personal Used

I do feel like, especially nowadays, we are inundated with the message that, 'Oh my God, you aren't making your own clothes? You didn't make your own bread? And you also don't have a career, and you don't look unbelievable, and you have 5 pounds on your frame? Where is your book that you haven't published yet?'

God Book Feel Clothes You Look

Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion.

Truth Religion His Honour About

I like writing historical fiction.

Philippa Gregory

Writing Fiction Historical Like

Flattery and criticism are always in our profession.

Criticism Flattery Always Profession

The way we learn to write is the way we learn to talk: We listen to others and start mimicking speech, and that's how we come to become speakers. Writers you admire, you admire the way they plot, you admire the way they create a character, you admire the way they put a sentence together, those are the writers you should be reading.

Character Together Start Reading You

We are all human and fall short of where we need to be. We must never stop trying to be the best we can be.

Best Short Trying Fall Stop Never

I sometimes want to do totally different roles. I don't always want to play 'wholesome.'

Play Sometimes Want Always Different

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