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.
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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My mother is incredible. I mean, still is today.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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I have to be socially aware; I feel like that's my job.
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The most merciful thing in the world... is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.
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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.
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A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
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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.
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You are only three or four hours from taking your glasses off for keeps.
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Principle #1: Avoid dangerous people and dangerous places.Principle #2: Do not defend your property.Principle #3: Respond immediately and escape.
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Action, not words.
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I always feel like a script is a recipe, and then you bring the elements into the recipe, and you cook with it.
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The memory is like orbiting twin stars, one visible, one dark, the trajectory of what's evident forever affected by the gravity of what's concealed.
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Women are not all single-issue voters.
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You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.
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One thing I have always promised is to be open and transparent and to treat employees and partners with respect and integrity.
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Memory isn't a theme; it's part of the human condition.
