Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
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I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
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If people still trust me with a funny line, then that is fine. If that is what gets me work.
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Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.
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Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.
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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
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The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two - is gone.
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
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I think if people were to look at badminton and tennis, they'd see they're actually very similar; the profile would increase, and we might be in a better position as a sport.
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I used to have a rant all the time when things went wrong, at everybody around me, because you just have to get the frustration out.
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I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point.
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Land is everything.
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I must've got whacked on the head. He presented a totally false person for me to fall in love with.
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You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
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Often, in horror films, the single most effective device for building a sense of scariness is the soundtrack: the clanking of chains, the groaning of off-stage ghouls, the unmistakable sound of a cannibal rustic firing up a chainsaw.
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I don't vote party lines. Never have. I vote for the best candidate.
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I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie, I think it's safe to say.
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If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the comparison. If I wrote a book and put it out, the comparison to my great-grandfather, the comparison would be hilarious. Every critic, it would be their dream, they'd tear me apart.
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Every day I'd say I look different. Sometimes I look really formal, sometimes I love the classic Stella McCartney, Chloe Sevigny and Gwyneth Paltrow thing. Other days I like being rock star and wearing leather jackets and studs. I love wearing Burberry - it's the perfect combination of formal and punky.
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We are puzzled and bewildered whenever we see suffering in this world because we have become accustomed to the mercy and the long-suffering of God. Amazing grace is no longer amazing to us.
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Sweet is good. I'm not a fan of deep-fried things.
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In yesterday's post, I asked how many of you guys would have sex with a robot if it was indistinguishable from a hot human woman. About 95% of the hetero guys said they would. The other 5% expressed a strong preference for lying.
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There are a lot of actors that I really love to watch, actors who I have fun watching - I think Johnny Depp is phenomenal. But I wouldn't want that career as much as I'd like a career like Tom Hanks - he kind of represents the everyman.
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An addiction to a fix of praise- Rely on me to say it’s okay- There’s only room for one in the sun- There was only one of me and you once
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Over the city lies the sweet, rotting odor of yesterday's unrecollected sins.
