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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For me, with the Blue Man Group, I got asked. It was for the Royal Variety Show, which was something I always wanted to be a part of. I'm really interested in things people don't necessarily expect. I did a pop song, but I did it in my own style.
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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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Hardcovers will never completely disappear. They are delightful to hold; they feel weighty and substantial. But my anecdotal evidence suggests that the world is changing.
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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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There's been such a sense that there's one set of rules for trillion-dollar financial institutions and a different set for all the rest of us. It's so pervasive that it's not even hidden.
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The thing with bookshelves, no matter how many you have, you always fill them.
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I would have been a disaster as a career politician. I would never have toed a party line.
