Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
I used to think that when I set out that doing the research was enough! But then the gaps would emerge that could only be filled by the imagination. And imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you.
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The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
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The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart credit for that. He traveled to every state in the country. He really made people with disabilities understand that they had some political power.
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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
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It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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A lot of actors, whatever movie you're working on, you make up a back story just for your own, to work off, even if the audience doesn't have it revealed to them. I think it's important that the audience makes up their own mind.
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Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
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My workout involves cardio, jogging, and yoga as well. I am a firm believer of yoga and meditation.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.
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The female attention I have to struggle hardest with is from my two-year-old daughter.
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I think a lot of people just aren't aware how young you can be and be diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Things have changed. Now it's not the outward appearance, it's the inward man that I'm trying to change. And that's the message I bring to the people.
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The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without being forced to do so, and remaining steadfast in the moments of greatest peril.
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After doing two years in prison, trust me, I've seen a lot of tough guys pray. They're not just praying for themselves; they're praying for their family and the people they've let down.
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In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps he takes to find God are his business. I think he went to a study group at the Vineyard, and it created a lot of excitement.
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Armageddon is not a foreign policy.
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There is nothing more, I guess, cannibalistic than the metal or the hard rock scene, it seems.
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Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do.
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Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. I don't want to see another commission that studies the needs of kids. We need to help them.
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The three-ball is an easy shot if you're uncontested, but when they know you can shoot, it's a lot harder to get off.
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How are children supposed to learn to act like adults, when so much of what they see on television shows adults acting like children?
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I used to think that when I set out that doing the research was enough! But then the gaps would emerge that could only be filled by the imagination. And imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious, when you make delay and procrastination work for you.
