Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
I've got so many ideas, and sometimes the more exhausted my body gets, the more active my mind gets.Hilary Mantel
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I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.
Zoe Kazan -
Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
Samuel Johnson -
Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
Patrice Motsepe -
You think you would react one way when a situation develops and, and when the sharp shells are flying, you don't quite stand up like you think you might.
Walter Cronkite -
I'm really anti-option, so computers have been my nightmare with recording. I don't want endless tracks; I want less tracks. I want decisions to be made.
Ian MacKaye -
I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
Cameron Mathison
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Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics in urban areas.
Ian Smith -
'All-Star Wonder Woman' would get worked on in what is laughably referred to as my 'spare time.' I just ended up with less and less time to devote to it. Eventually, we all realized that it was taking forever, so we just all agreed to hold off on it 'til the time was right to do it properly. Well, I still have a contract; DC never tore it up.
Adam Hughes -
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction, you have to be as factual as possible but also hopefully - also bring... emotional relevance to the piece.
Oscar Hijuelos -
The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.
Talcott Parsons -
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
Abraham Lincoln
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Our Soviet writer must be guided in his world only by the need of the people, useful for the society.
Vasily Grossman -
Our strongest gifts are usually those we are barely aware of possessing. They are a part of our God-given nature, with us from the moment we drew first breath, and we are no more conscious of having them than we are of breathing.
Parker Palmer -
The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
Albert Einstein -
I think we probably will end up in America because he would be giving up much more to come and live here. If you want to work in film, that's really where you have to be. But I'm not sure that being an ex-pat is very good for one's sense of self.
Emily Mortimer -
We don't see ourselves as just a place where we come to worship but as a beacon and a bearer of the culture and a bearer of what makes us a people. But I like to say that this is not necessarily unique to us. It is really what America is all about.
Clementa C. Pinckney -
You have this idea that you’d better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous. And then you realize, no, actually if you take a break people might be more interested in you.
Robin Williams
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I want to do stunts and play a badass. Like Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman. Physicality, fun, evilness.
Jenna Dewan -
The simple record of these three short years of active life has done more to regenerate and soften mankind than all the discourses of philosophers and all the exhortations of moralists.
William Edward Hartpole Lecky -
The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.
Lady Bird Johnson -
I've got so many ideas, and sometimes the more exhausted my body gets, the more active my mind gets.
Hilary Mantel