Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
My first book was a historical novel. I started writing in 1974. In those days, historical novels meant ladies with swelling bosoms on the cover. Basically, it meant historical romance. It was not respectable as a genre.Hilary Mantel
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
Brown Campbell -
Robots are good at things that are structured.
Vijay Kumar -
Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
Madeleine Stowe -
A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
Ida Tarbell -
If you look at all the vampires in the past, they were sort of decrepit old men. Stephanie Meyers just made it for a new audience. All the vampires are now young men and she describes them as not being ugly.
Daniel Cudmore -
After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
C. L. R. James
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
Danai Gurira -
A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
Rajneesh -
When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.
Kate Moss -
Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
Rakul Preet Singh -
I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
Vin Diesel -
I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
Magnus Carlsen
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While 'Friends' was about a 20-something population and what they were going through, they were also dealing with issues with their family.
Warren Littlefield -
When I came out, I told my stepmother Gladys, and she just said she had known for years and was glad I wasn't lying anymore.
Ian Mckellen -
All mankind, right down to those you most despise, are your neighbors.
Isaac Asimov -
Of course, this being Perl, we could always take both approaches.
Larry Wall -
Every time new technology is introduced, especially involving reproduction, you get the 'yuck' effect.
Brigitte Boisselier -
I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson.
James Boswell
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Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.
Martin Heidegger -
Let's face it, I'm not winning a fight with anybody - unless it's against someone like Larry David.
Benny Blanco -
Every single time I perform 'River,' I just feel a huge rush of adrenaline and energy, and I remember writing it.
Bishop Briggs -
Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description.
William Gibson -
My first book was a historical novel. I started writing in 1974. In those days, historical novels meant ladies with swelling bosoms on the cover. Basically, it meant historical romance. It was not respectable as a genre.
Hilary Mantel