Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
When people begin to talk about "our island story" my hackles rise. It is deluded and conservative.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game.
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I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up in his old room for most of his 20s.
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Actually, in my own life I think I probably feign neuroses to be more interesting than I am.
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I'm quite surprised that nobody has asked me to do my own line of tweezers. I totally would love to do that. Or, like, mascara. Cara's Mascara!
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I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me.
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The rainy Pleiads wester,Orion plunges prone,The stroke of midnight ceases,And I lie down alone.
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No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause; because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity. With equal, nay with greater reason, a body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time.
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It's a terrible feeling being lonely.
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My writing works best when I remember that bookish child who adored reading and gear the work toward him.
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There are definitely things about 'Legendary Child' that echo the music we did earlier in our career. It's got the right stuff.
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A leader must be a good listener. He must be willing to take counsel. He must show a genuine concern and love for those under his stewardship.
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I'm privileged and grateful to lead The Walt Disney Company and our talented, dedicated team at this exciting time.
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The socialist revolution was a pure and simple question of ‘force.’… Between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat no accord is possible. One must disappear. The weaker will be ‘eliminated.’ The class struggle is therefore a question of ‘force.’
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I grew up in New Jersey and never went up the Statue of Liberty.
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I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
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When people begin to talk about "our island story" my hackles rise. It is deluded and conservative.
