Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
Like a historian, I interpret, select, discard, shape, simplify. Unlike a historian, I make up people's thoughts.
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As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.
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One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.
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I'm like an eight year old with the dressing-up box. I have the luxury of being able to change on a whim.
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Most airlines move too fast in a merger. Speed is not as critical as efficiency.
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The university president who cashiered every professor unwilling to support Woodrow Wilson for the first vacancy in the
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Usually, if you notice good cinematography, then the cinematographer's failing. I try to make light feel like it's always motivated and natural in some way and hope that the lighting goes unnoticed.
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If you don't have an end game of something delightful, you're just moving chess pieces around.
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A noble shalt thou have, and present pay; And liquor likewise will I give to thee, And friendship shall combine, and brotherhood.
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I love 'Skins'. I was a huge fan of the British series. I love how everyone is freaking out about it.
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I only became a novelist because I thought I had missed my chance to become a historian.
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37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.
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Any of the nearby volumes might hold information about hippopotamus portals or contain hints about how he might get home.
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A leader has to know how the system functions - not just the system of government but the whole social and economic system, including business, the unions, and the universities.
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Like a historian, I interpret, select, discard, shape, simplify. Unlike a historian, I make up people's thoughts.
