Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
He turns to the painting. "I fear Mark was right." "Who is Mark?" "A silly little boy who runs after George Boleyn. I once heard him say I looked like a murderer." Gregory says, "Did you not know?
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Religion provides us with a puritanical dream, which can never be realized because it goes against human nature.
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People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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Many of the issues we face in dealing with rapid climate change are well suited to an engineering mind.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.
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Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.
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My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny. But I don't want to be too skinny. I think that looks a little gross when you are dancing. You don't want to be a scrawny, bony thing.
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When you get as old as I am, you kind of believe there's nothing new under the sun, but there's always a fresh way of looking at something. That's why I love working with young people. They remind you of things you used to know and have since forgotten.
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Speaking much also is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words is a niggard in deeds.
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I don't ever watch myself. By watching, you try to perfect yourself, become a robot.
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There's an incredible amount of loneliness that comes with child stardom because you're isolated from your society.
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The life of a repo man is always intense.
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I'm a romantic at heart.
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I do not have a comic or tragic period in any real sense. I have always painted dark pictures; always some light pictures. I will probably go on doing so.. .Orchestral. My work in its entirety is like a symphony in which each painting has its part.
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Good luck to you if you're lucky enough to have faith. Some of us aren't lucky enough. My mother has great faith and finds great comfort in it, and I'm jealous of her!
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Poetry is often the art of overhearing yourself say things you didn't know you knew. It is a learned skill to force yourself to articulate your life, your present world or your possibilities for the future.
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It's a phenomenon that I see with young actors - a lot of American speaking parts going to British actors.
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He turns to the painting. "I fear Mark was right." "Who is Mark?" "A silly little boy who runs after George Boleyn. I once heard him say I looked like a murderer." Gregory says, "Did you not know?
