Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door.Hilary Mantel
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I produce for a low price and I sell it on my own to 80 countries.
Uwe Boll -
Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.
Aaron Neville -
The government in Turkey, which represents the powerful, traditionalist mass, is very comfortable creating policies tailored only for their supporters.
Safak Pavey -
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
T. S. Eliot -
I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.
Sam Brownback -
Suning from a management concept and technology point of view isn't simply an appliance company.
Zhang Jindong
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The longer you are in a place, the more you get under its layers.
Frances Mayes -
I've never had a treehouse because I live in New York City. It would be a little bit hard to fit a treehouse in a New York City apartment.
Abigail Breslin -
When we think of Gemini.com, it will be like a Nasdaq for bitcoin.
Cameron Winklevoss -
I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
Ma Jian -
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
Samuel Johnson -
When we are no longer able to change a situation - just think of an incurable disease such as an inoperable cancer - we are challenged to change ourselves.
Viktor E. Frankl
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We know that if religion is allowed into schools, pupils will sometimes begin to question the teaching they receive.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem -
I'm someone who believes the only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.
Dan Glickman -
In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that I've written down and shoved in my pocket, I also say the name of every person I've ever known who's passed on.
Mandy Patinkin -
The lack of diversity in higher education is a problem we as a country must tackle if we're going to live up to our promise.
Wendy Kopp -
I truly believe Accenture is a magnet for top talent in the new, not only because of the work we do for clients but because our culture supports employees who want to make a difference in the community where we live and work.
Pierre Nanterme -
To be perfectly honest with you, having a mother as an actress -- who I watched struggle tremendously during my childhood -- and to watch fluctuations of ups and downs is difficult. She did mainly television, so I think I associated that with a life of inconsistency. As I've come into my own, I realize it has nothing to do with the medium. It has broadened my horizons in my own mind and ultimately it is about the character for me. If I read something and I fall in love with the character, no matter what it is, I'm eager to do it. That is what happened with Gwen [on "Angel"].
Alexa Davalos
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The passive receiving of Christ is the process by which a spiritual principle of grace is generated in the will of man.
William Ames -
I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
Bob Goff -
Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
Damien Hirst -
If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down.
B. F. Skinner -
Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door.
Hilary Mantel