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
Quotes to Explore
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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 -
Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
Madeline Zima -
Time is the devourer of all things.
Ovid -
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 -
They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
H. Rap Brown -
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
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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 -
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 -
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 -
The first time we ever used the Dixie flag for our backdrop was actually when we went over to Europe in 1970. It looked good, so we all liked it. We never meant any racial things by it.
Gary Rossington Lynyrd Skynyrd -
Obama does not like the issue of where he was born.
Donald Trump -
What you see is what you see.
Frank Stella
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Moments are incredible, but in my fantasy mind I see a Globe company which is renowned throughout the world for what it does with pure storytelling. So that people come and say: it's not just the building, it's the only place you can hear this kind of work.
Mark Rylance -
Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
Margaret Deland -
I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals.
Brigitte Bardot -
Sometimes I get really down on myself for not having the exact career I want, but it's ok as long as you know what you want and you're going towards that. Accept it's going to be a different path than you thought in the first place.
Emily Meade -
Freedom and confidence are two different things, in my book. Confidence is overrated - it can be faked, whereas freedom is fearlessness.
Emily Weiss -
Many people think it's in bad taste to advertise for an insane asylum... but come on down. We're going crazy.
Colin Mochrie
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As soon as I was obedient to just taking a chance on God, all of these things that you're seeing - 'Black Panther' or 'Humans' or 'The Commuter' or Steven Spielberg - it came right after I took that break.
Letitia Wright -
I want the seals of power and place, The ensigns of command, Charged by the people's unbought grace, To rule my native land. Nor crown, nor scepter would I ask But from my country's will, By day, by night, to ply the task Her cup of bliss to fill.
John Quincy Adams -
I'm very antischedule. Except for board meetings, I don't really schedule things or keep a calendar. I think appointments are caustic to creativity.
David Karp -
Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party.
Joan Crawford -
I tend to think that the best face of humanity is that we learn. We explore, we study, we think.
Kurt Busiek -
It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires.
Hilary Mantel