Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late.Hilary Mantel
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
Damien Hirst -
Do we really want Washington administrators coming between us and our doctors?
Foster Friess -
There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
Sam Tsui -
I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
Wayne Newton -
I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
Gail Carriger -
Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
Ban Ki-moon
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No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now.
Ziggy Marley -
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
Mahatma Gandhi -
In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
Patrick White -
It's kinda all about image.
Bam Margera -
Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
Barbara Olson -
I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
Zach Galifianakis
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
Patrick Wilson -
My idea for 'BoneMan's Daughters' came from the loss of my own daughter when she left home to live with a monster at age 18. I wanted to throttle the man, but she was in love, so all I could do was hope, pray and cry.
Ted Dekker -
I'm as pure as the driven slush.
Tallulah Bankhead -
Romantic comedies are usually about when love works.
Zooey Deschanel -
Water really does great things for my skin.
Jackee Harry -
Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression.
Ai Weiwei
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I don't ever know where I'm going. Because one of the wonderful things about writing, which is different than working in programming, you don't need to know. You could just write and discover where you're going. And it's a great deal of fun.
Walter Mosley -
There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.
John Bunyan -
We are all the products of our own thoughts. Whatever we concentrate upon, that we are.
Orison Swett Marden -
'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late.
Hilary Mantel