Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can't remember ever reading a story without judging it.
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Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.
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Our concern is to heal. Our concern is to bring together.
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There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
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I have nothing against priests. In fact, I tried for a time to be one... It should be clear, then, that I respect, and am often fond of, the many priests in my life.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.
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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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Authenticity is very important - be true to one's self.
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To make a successful film from a successful play is probably much more difficult than making one from scratch, just as any carpenter will tell you that it is more difficult to restore an old house than to build a comparable new one.
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.
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My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.
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Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.
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I don't tend to do much with my lips. My lips are naturally very pink, so if I add any more colour, it looks like I've been smacked in the mouth!
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If it's boring, then it's tiring.
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One of the hardest jobs in ministry is keeping your own relationship with God where it needs to be.
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I have to stand up for myself... I learned something that I could and should stand up for myself, and he learned something, which was she will stand up for herself.
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Ambiguity lurks in generality and may thus become an instrument of severity.
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Eileen Ford wanted me to fix my nose and my teeth. I said, Sure, great, but I really had no intention to.
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The president and the executive branch are always going to have greater latitude and greater authority when it comes to protecting America because sometimes you just have to respond quickly and not everything that is a danger can be publicized and be subject to open debate, but there have to be some guardrails.
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What we have to remember is that children matter as much as adults, but they aren't equal with adults.
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I remember being in Dublin in a café and seeing him [Jack Gleeson] two or three years ago, and he came in - Joffrey[from the Game of Thrones] came in - and I remember being so star-struck. I don't like famous people and I don't really get star-struck. But I remember seeing him and being so impressed that he was walking around. So I really like Joffrey.
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Anyone who is too lazy to master the comparatively small glossary necessary to understand Chaucer deserves to be shut out from the reading of good books forever.
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But an experienced reader is also a self-aware and critical reader. I can't remember ever reading a story without judging it.
