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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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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The right reading for this is the one I'm giving.
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Mercury has cast aside The signs of intellectual pride, Freely offers thee the soul: Art thou noble to receive?Canst thou give or take the whole, Nobly promise and believe? Then thou wholly human art, A spotless, radiant, ruby heart, And the golden chain of love Has bound thee to the realm above.
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Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.
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If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai.
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You know, if we're going to bring down the price of gas, you have to have three things. You have to have a big reserve, you have to have the ability to develop oil out of that reserve quickly, and you have to be able to produce oil at a relatively low cost.
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I don't think you automatically become an enlightened person because you are a daddy. But they will change you, of course - their understanding of you puts you in a different place.
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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.
