Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
[Margaret Thatcher] said there was no thing such as society. This is what I find so interesting psychologically. Where did she come from? She had no mother. Her father came from a very identifiable background: religious, highly conformist.
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My abuela was an incredible cook.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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I honored my commitments, and as president, I will honor every commitment that I make to the men and women of this country.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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I had thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but I gave it up.
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I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'd kick it with me. I'm a down-to-earth person and all around cool guy.
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If you were an alien who came to our bookstores - or browsed our teen magazines - you'd think that only Earth girls who look like Mila Kunis ever got any action.
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I get why certain actors want to stay in the closet.
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I don't personally have a sense that life starts at conception. I don't personally have that sense.
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I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.
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I don't like leaving work behind. I hate the idea that something might be happening on the drawing board at home that I am going to miss.
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But all that being said about modulation, if you're serving people delicious food, they won't complain.
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I feel curious about every situation I'm in.
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Useful undertakings which require sustained attention and vigorous precision in order to succeed often end up by being abandoned, for, in America, as elsewhere, the people move forward by sudden impulses and short-lived efforts.
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Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.
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I think whenever you have a common goal with someone, you're going to bond. It's really hard to get two people together and be like, 'Hey guys, why don't you just bond!' But if you say, 'Listen, I need you guys to build this house, or I need you to do this or I need you to make this movie,' you'll get to work and you'll get close.
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We're betting, at this place and this time, we have people ready for change in the state of Maryland.
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Song ideas have come to me in the middle of interviews, in the shower, or while I'm writing another song.
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You never know how your kids are going to turn out. You can raise them with all the best intentions, and then they're own people, and they have their own inner conflicts. You just hope you've given them some good stuff to navigate with.
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For me, one of the big things I really worried about a lot was nuclear war growing up.
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If an earthquake were to engulf England tomorrow, the English would manage to meet and dine somewhere among the rubbish, just to celebrate the event.
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[Margaret Thatcher] said there was no thing such as society. This is what I find so interesting psychologically. Where did she come from? She had no mother. Her father came from a very identifiable background: religious, highly conformist.
