Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
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Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage.
Frances Perkins -
Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
My mother is incredible. I mean, still is today.
Manolo Blahnik -
I can say this: You haven't lived until you've had to wear a triplet pregnancy belly. You would be amazed at what a girl can learn based on the different months of pregnancy to make her character more interesting.
KaDee Strickland -
The American Federation of Teachers has a long track record of working with administrators, parents, and communities to provide real help to struggling students and low-performing schools. We've learned that intensive interventions, proven programs, and adequate resources can transform students' lives and their schools.
Randi Weingarten -
We all go to the theater and cinema to be inspired and moved on an emotional level, sometimes to laughter, sometimes to tears. Once I discovered that acting could have such an effect, I was sold. It has been one of the most rewarding discoveries I have ever made.
Ian Anthony Dale
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Oscar Wilde -
My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
Tamara Ecclestone -
I have to be socially aware; I feel like that's my job.
Wanda Sykes -
And when you start talking about the practicality of winning a race like that - you've got to remember we're not talking about winning 51 percent of the vote. We're talking about winning 36, 37, 38 percent of the vote.
Hamilton Jordan -
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
Samuel Goldwyn -
Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future.
Gary Ross
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You are only three or four hours from taking your glasses off for keeps.
L. Ron Hubbard -
Action, not words.
Edward Heath -
I always feel like a script is a recipe, and then you bring the elements into the recipe, and you cook with it.
David MacKenzie -
Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.
Marilu Henner -
It's going to be impossible in the 21st century for anyone to think about anything without a Chinese aspect.
David Tang -
When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.
Deng Xiaoping
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A lot of the commercial world wants to bank in on the cachet that jazz brings.
Kurt Elling -
I have memories - but only a fool stores his past in the future.
David Gerrold -
Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.
Michael Eisner -
...it is certain that I am really distinct from my body, and can exist without it.
Rene Descartes -
Memory isn't a theme; it's part of the human condition.
Hilary Mantel