Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
I am usually protective of my work, not showing it to anyone until it has been redrafted and polished.
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Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience.
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I don't see anybody as either ordinary or extraordinary. I see them simply as people in front of my lens.
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Some sell their soul for the easy road. The devil's always buying. I can't count the ones I've known who fell right into line.
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One of the problems of this genre is that there are cliches everywhere, and you've got to be careful and watch out. Our rule with cliches is to either gently acknowledge them and make fun of them, or do something else. Milady is, in one sense, a villain because she does bad things.
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We all have our own closets to come out of.
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The foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring.
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We say that anytime budgets are balanced and an ample savings account has been set aside, government should just stop collecting taxes. Better to leave that money in the pockets of those who earned it, than to let it burn a hole, as it always does, in the pockets of government.
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For video clips, you can always assume that there is a creative component since you are literally dealing with production values.
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I know how absurd things can get. I've had years where I've had questionable things going on in my life.
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Music is international for me so it doesn’t matter the language.
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I am amazed at the response of my being on the show. Everywhere I go, every young person points at me and says "Hi, Aunt Dolly." Or "Are you Aunt Dolly?" I love doing the show and I love Miley and Billy Ray [Cyrus]. I am proud to be her honorary Godmother.
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I'm very protective of how much I let people see.
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I'm very protective of my heart
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We're great, Jo and me. We're pals, and I guess sex has a lot to do with it. She's also brilliant at clearing a room. So protective, so devoted. I can't believe how much she loves me.
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It's playing with the idea of what musicians wear when they play live, especially focusing on the evolution of what a musician wears when they first start their career, when they are young and wild, to how they dress when they become famous and more polished.
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The dangers of eating animal products occur after the age of reproduction. If people developed cardiovascular disease that was fatal by the age of twelve or thirteen, eating animals would have died out long ago. You get it after you've already reproduced.
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Human existence basically is──a never to be completed imperfect tense.
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Just take a look around you: Blood is flowing in rivers and in such a jolly way you’d think it was champagne.
