Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
If I am feeling broken, I can pick up one of Ivy Compton-Burnett books and the next morning I can write again. It puts my mechanism back.
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
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You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
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I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
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In the white community, the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African-American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination - and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past - are real and must be addressed.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl. I am now competing in an arena where I can hold my head high. I feel quite confident in what I'm doing now, much more than the singing. I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.
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In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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You'd have to be an idiot to say no to 'Hunger Games.'
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The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.
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I have been using polka dots since I was a very young child. Only after that, it seems, have they been used throughout the rest of the art world.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it.
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In an age when so many groups are rolling out restaurants faster than your local baker makes donuts, my goal is that each restaurant feels hand-crafted. That they have their own soul.
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Jazz was my first love.
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The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.
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Quite frankly, I'm running a campaign on the economy and jobs and economic opportunities for the American people.
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I was born in Mexico, I am from Mexico City.
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When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.
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I Love children, especially when they cry for then someone takes them away.
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When I wake up on a Sunday morning with a slight hangover, in the gym with no makeup on, that's who Natalie Dormer really is. The girl next door who gets a spot on her forehead occasionally.
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If I am feeling broken, I can pick up one of Ivy Compton-Burnett books and the next morning I can write again. It puts my mechanism back.
