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.
Eben Alexander
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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.
Abraham Pais
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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.
Kylie Minogue
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Most airlines move too fast in a merger. Speed is not as critical as efficiency.
Bill Vaughan
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The university president who cashiered every professor unwilling to support Woodrow Wilson for the first vacancy in the
H. L. Mencken
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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.
Rachel Morrison
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You can rest assured that his salary is in line with where he has brought the program in the Big East and nationally. We've provided him with a good salary, one that is competitive in the Big East and one that shows we're happy to have him as our head coach.
Jeff Long
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If you don't have an end game of something delightful, you're just moving chess pieces around.
William McDonough
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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.
William Shakespeare
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Climate change is...a gross injustice-poor people in developing countries bear over 90% of the burden-through death, disease, destitution and financial loss-yet are least responsible for creating the problem. Despite this, funding from rich countries to help the poor and vulnerable adapt to climate change is not even 1 percent of what is needed.
Barbara Stocking
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Jane Austen has often been praised as a natural historian. She is a naturalist among tame animals. She does not study men (as Dostoevsky does) in his wild state before he has been domesticated. Her men and women are essentially men and women of the fireside.
Robert Wilson Lynd
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I always find sports-related ways to stay in shape.
Cassie Scerbo
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A wonderful side effect of being in a successful band is the places you go.
Steve Gustafson 10,000 Maniacs
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I held a nail in place and slammed it with the hammer. Best. Chore. Ever.
Cate Tiernan
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Like a historian, I interpret, select, discard, shape, simplify. Unlike a historian, I make up people's thoughts.
Hilary Mantel