Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
Wolf Hall attempts to duplicate not the historian's chronology but the way memory works: in leaps, loops, flashes.
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The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day.
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I love Darius Rucker. He's a true artist, a great songwriter who can play his instrument, sing and write about his life.
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Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss.
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I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
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I am very superstitious. I trod on a wet towel before winning the Junior World Championships, and now I have to do that every time.
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I'm not a good liar. I just tell the truth; I think that's the best way.
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I'm singing this song for you and your mum that's all,And it won't be long before everyone is gone.
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People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don't think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed.
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When I was in school, and even after, I did a lot of classic plays, and I guess it sort of extended into film.
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When I watch myself on TV, it's impossible not to say, 'Is that really what my neck looks like?'
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A tea set is good for a newborn girl. It is a gift that instantly makes the room a girl's room.
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I look at Canada like a second home.
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I'd worked in Clockwork Orange with Stanley Kubrick and since Stanley was such a prestigious director this opened all sorts of doors for me - one of them being Star Wars.
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Half my fan mail comes from Japan.
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If I wanted to be a pop singer, I would have done that 20 years ago. I love country music.
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Opera tells stories through the pure emotion of music. An exhibition has to tell a story purely visually. I've tried to incorporate both of those things - pure emotion and being more visual - into my writing.
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By the single example of this painter devoted to his art with such independence, my destiny as a painter opened out to me.
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All the exhausting aspects of my job are made worthwhile because I get to experience so many different cultures. It makes you really appreciate the memories.
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Anything that triggers good memories can't be all bad.
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For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.
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Wolf Hall attempts to duplicate not the historian's chronology but the way memory works: in leaps, loops, flashes.
