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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Sometimes you can know too much. A lot of brainy people like Stephen Fry are quite depressive.
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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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Alike all ages. Dames of ancient daysHave led their children through the mirthful maze,And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore,Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.
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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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My salvation lies in time spent alone with an X-Acto knife and commercial-grade adhesive.
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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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If you pray for rain, be prepared to deal with some mud.
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To his sister-in-law: What a contrast between us! You live a warm and glowing life, surrounded by loved ones whom you care for and who care for you; you are anchored in contentment. I drift about without rudder or compass, a wreck on the sea of life; I have no memories to cheer me, no pleasant illusions of the future to comfort me, or about me to satisfy my vanity. I have no family to furnish the only kind of survival that concerns us, no friends for the wholesome development of my affections, or enemies for my malice.
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Wolf Hall attempts to duplicate not the historian's chronology but the way memory works: in leaps, loops, flashes.
