Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
It was unfortunate for other women who might come after Margaret Thatcher that the first woman to become prime minister was a male impersonator.

Quotes to Explore
-
Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.
-
I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed very much.
-
Isn't she lovely made from love?
-
It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.
-
Delay is the enemy of progress.
-
Each member of the community gives himself to it at the instant of its constitution, just as he actually is, himself and all his forces, including all goods in his possession.
-
CNN’s Rick Sanchez said the Jews run CNN. Ah, so that’s who we blame for Rick Sanchez.
-
I love Blackpool. We're very similar. We both look better in the dark.
-
We have to provide a roadmap for the Abuja peace process.
-
Whoever does not know how to find the way to his ideal lives more frivolously and impudently than the man without an ideal.
-
There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.
-
I learned a long time ago that I can't control the challenges the creator sends my way, but I can control the way I think about them and deal with them
-
If youre not concerned about maintaining an image, you can pursue roads that another actor might not take.
-
I could have been on a path that led to different, more traditional teen romance, and 'Nip/Tuck' shook me loose from any generalization I might have been forced into. It helped me understand I wanted to take on things that were edgier, more challenging and riskier.
-
A non-Communist premier with Communist ministers would be like a woman trying to stay half pregnant.
-
Be certain that you easily clear the minimum standards for service as a missionary and that you are continually raising the bar.
-
It was unfortunate for other women who might come after Margaret Thatcher that the first woman to become prime minister was a male impersonator.