#tory

Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#history #love #love is #marriage #more

I'll tell you a secret about storytelling. Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty... were not perfect in the beginning. It's only a happy ending on the last page, right? If the princess had everything from the beginning, there wouldn't be a story. Anyone who is imperfect or incomplete can become the main character in the story. ↗

— Peach-Pit

#cinderella #fairy-tales #inspirational #main-character #sleeping-beauty

I've been on the show for six years and I don't even know what her history is. I sort of make things up in my mind, but I think it's hard for an audience to follow and invest in a character when they don't have the details. ↗

— Crystal Chappell

#been #character #details #even #follow

When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt. ↗

— John le Carre

#belt #better #few #get #go

I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have. ↗

— Gary Cherone

#had #hard #hard rock #history #i

People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#history #know #make #nothing #people

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history. ↗

— Judy Chicago

#art history #artist #becoming #contribution #history

I have the 'thing' worked out - the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story work itself out. ↗

— Lee Child

#i #itself #just #out #pivotal

Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#both #both sides #place #prisoner #prisoners

We're going to develop - what we want to do is to provide the viewers with what they want from CNN and that is the news. So when people tune in, they'll get the latest news, but they'll also get the biggest story of the day in depth, as CNN does so well. ↗

— Connie Chung

#biggest #cnn #day #depth #develop