Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
I would have been a disaster as a career politician. I would never have toed a party line.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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To think that guys who grew up in the '60s would make a miniseries supporting the idea that Oswald acted alone is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted. But time and evidence can change the way we view things.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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I feel very lucky to get to fly the flag of RCA Records and Sony Music.
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Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.
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It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation.
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The gentleman will sit! The gentleman is correct in sitting!
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Yes, I'm known as the most technical fighter in the world, and I'm going to keep that as my brand.
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For 'The Grace of Kings,' I read Han Dynasty historical records in Classical Chinese, which allowed me to get a sense of the complexity of the politics and the 'surprisingly modern' reactions of the historical figures to recurrent problems of state administration.
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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
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It was obvious what kind of game they were playing on the set of Amityville.
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Behavioral economists have shown that a sizable percentage of people are willing to pay real money to punish people who are taking from a common pot but not contributing to it. Just to insure that shirkers get what they deserve, we are prepared to make ourselves poorer.
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I just love when girls rock short hair, because they can't hide behind anything. I feel more empowered with short hair.
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I'm not a complete moron like most musicians whom I've met.
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As an actor, and as you get to a certain level... and it's pilot season and you read the trades, you could have a nervous breakdown. 'So-and-so's signed for a pilot. Why aren't I?'
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My view is to try and not demonize the Palestinians. I'm not denying that there are Palestinians who fire rockets and do terrible things; I know that that happens. But to get a fundamental solution, you have to have hope on both sides.
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We've done that whole spectrum of different varieties of shows, and we've figured out the best way of capturing the audience and taking them to a place where they will have an experience that they will never forget, whether they don't like it, or they actually resonate with what we're trying to do.
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I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair.
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People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.
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One of my earliest memories is walking up a muddy road into the mountains. It was raining. Behind me, my village was burning. When there was school, it was under a tree. Then the United Nations came. They fed me, my family, my community.
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Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal.
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I want a big fat woman with meat shaking on her bones.
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I would have been a disaster as a career politician. I would never have toed a party line.
