Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes

I spend a lot of my time talking to the dead, but since I get paid for it, no one thinks I'm mad.

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• 'Shameless' was such a weird time in my life because I never really experienced any kind of role that put me that much in the spotlight before.

  

  Laura Slade Wiggins
  • Life
  • Time
  • Weird

• It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.

  

  O. Henry
  • New
  • New York
  • Old

• I'm working on a movie called 'Labor Day' with Kate Winslet while still balancing kite boarding. Being an actress and an athlete is a challenge, but I'm excited to see what happens.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Movie
  • Day
  • Challenge

• But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype.

  

  Parminder Nagra
  • People
  • Want
  • Question

• If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.

  

  Omar Bongo
  • Hand
  • Military
  • Fight

• I just keep working out. You can't stop. Everyone thinks there's a trick, but there's no trick! The trick is, you have to be consistent.

  

  Kate Hudson
  • You
  • Stop
  • Working

• How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another; most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models, too; it wouldn't be the end of the world.

  

  Edie Campbell
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.

  

  Larry Flynt
  • Government
  • Voting
  • Sheep

• Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.

  

  Irving Azoff
  • Life
  • Me
  • Company

• I've always been very fond of animals.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Always
  • Animals
  • Very

• I haven't always been confident enough to rock different styles because I used to be really shy.

  

  Zendaya
  • Different
  • Rock
  • Enough

• I love Levon Helm - he's one of my favorite guys.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • I Love
  • Guys
  • Favorite

• I always say that people are like peanut shells on the ocean: the waves will take them everywhere.

  

  Dan Shechtman
  • People
  • Ocean
  • Waves

• Comedy is just one of the many professions that women are taking over.

  

  Natasha Leggero
  • Women
  • Comedy
  • Just One

• My father and his brothers and sisters were childhood Irish jig champions in the Bronx. At our family celebrations, they all get out and do the jig. And of course, the younger generation, me and my cousins and my brothers, we have our own Americanized renditions of the Irish jig, which is a bit more like 'Lord of the Dance.'

  

  Zach McGowan
  • Family
  • Father
  • Dance

• Der alte Jude, das ist der Mann.

  

  Otto von Bismarck

• 'Calvin, what kind of trouble are you planning to make?''No trouble at all,' said Calvin, annoyed. 'Why do you think I want to cause trouble?''Because you are awake.'

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Why
  • Planning
  • Annoyed

• The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee, and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

  

  John D. Rockefeller
  • People
  • Sun
  • Coffee

• I watched, for the 17th and hopefully the last time, The 'Guns of Navarone' on New Year's Eve. I always watch just in case the explosives don't go off in the end. You have to watch the end, just to make sure it's OK.

  

  David Cameron
  • Time

• Shoes for men are about elegance or wealth; they are not playing with the inner character.

  

  Christian Louboutin
  • Men
  • Character
  • Shoes

• The upper classes really shouldn't open their mouths on television. Whatever it is they're saying, all your brain actually hears is 'Tra la la, I live in a bubble, tra la la, murder a fox, tra la la, Conde Nast Traveller, tra la la, Kensington High Street, tra la la.' They should know their place and keep quiet.

  

  Charlie Brooker
  • Live
  • High
  • Brain

• As an entrepreneur, I've come across countless articles and quotes proudly telling me that I should accept failure, smile, and keep my head up. In other words, I've been told to stay positive. The thing is, when you're forced to shut down a business and let really awesome people you care about go, staying positive is the last thing on your mind.

  

  John Rampton
  • People
  • Up
  • Mind

• The biggest single thing that has lifted people out of poverty is free trade.

  

  George Osborne
  • People
  • Free
  • Single

• I spend a lot of my time talking to the dead, but since I get paid for it, no one thinks I'm mad.

  

  Hilary Mantel
  • Time
  • Paid