Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes

It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.

Hilary Mantel

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• Knowledge
• Desire
• Fantasy
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• This little hobbit saves the world. The wizard kills the dragon and saves the town. So many people connect to that character; it doesn't matter if it's an elf or a hobbit or a dwarf. It doesn't matter. They're human in their heart and soul.

  

  R. A. Salvatore
  • People
  • World
  • Heart

• There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Women
  • Culture
  • Passion

• I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.

  

  Rachel Gibson
  • Man
  • Me
  • Military

• I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.

  

  Sam Childers
  • People
  • Up
  • Time

• Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.

  

  Madeline Zima
  • Balance
  • Makeup
  • Outfit

• Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
  • People
  • Up
  • Friends

• Time is the devourer of all things.

  

  Ovid
  • Time
  • Things
  • All Things

• Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Always
  • Look
  • See

• As long as I love Beauty I am young.

  

  W. H. Davies
  • Long
  • Love
  • Beauty

• Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.

  

  Bear Grylls
  • Heart
  • Home
  • Win

• They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • You
  • Saying
  • Class

• I think the only safe medium are books, because people like to hold books in their hand.

  

  H. G. Bissinger
  • People
  • Think
  • Hand

• When you're going through a breakup, you should just let yourself feel everything so you can get over it as opposed to pretending everything's okay and dragging it out.

  

  Hannah Simone
  • You
  • Yourself
  • Everything

• I would go from one city to the next, inspired by the monks in the Middle Ages, who would carry knowledge from one monastery to the next monastery.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Knowledge
  • City
  • Inspired

• For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • Time
  • Long
  • Peace

• The stainless-steel frets were a major breakthrough, because of the amount of playing and bending that I do. I have to get my guitars refretted every couple of months.

  

  Eddie Van Halen Van Halen
  • Couple
  • Playing
  • Breakthrough

• I do believe, whenever this is all said and done, we won't talk about Mickey Gall, the guy that beat CM Punk; we'll just talk about Mickey Gall, the guy who is a top 10 fighter, a good welterweight or maybe a great welterweight.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Good
  • Great
  • Believe

• Congress mandated that health care providers in emergency departments and ambulances provide emergency care to anyone in need, including the uninsured and underinsured.

  

  Barbara Ann Radnofsky
  • Health
  • Care
  • Need

• Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.

  

  Gary Hume
  • Up
  • Small
  • Space

• Countries don't go out of business....The infrastructure doesn't go away, the productivity of the people doesn't go away, the natural resources don’t go away. And so their assets always exceed their liabilities, which is the technical reason for bankruptcy. And that's very different from a company.

  

  Walter Wriston
  • People
  • Different
  • Business

• My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Study
  • Religions
  • Reverence

• I would love to make my entire career as the guy who did not get cheered. Of course, I'm still going to get cheered by people who think they're smart, and that's fine - they're acknowledging how good I am at my job - but I don't want cheers; I want the boos. I love it.

  

  Dolph Ziggler
  • People
  • Good
  • Job

• My favorite spot to hang out is my home.

  

  Aja Naomi King
  • Home

• It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.

  

  Hilary Mantel
  • People
  • Knowledge
  • Desire