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.Hilary Mantel
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
Fernando Flores -
I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.
Sam Smith -
You would not believe how much time people waste in a day. And how little time they put into things they genuinely love.
Hal Sparks -
I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.
Nathan Lane -
I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
Sally Schneider -
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.
Zac Goldsmith
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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.
Barack Obama -
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.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl.
Gary Cooper -
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.
Daisaku Ikeda -
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.
Yayoi Kusama -
He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
Quintus Ennius
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I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it.
Sam Shepard -
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.
Danny Meyer -
The Kurdish people welcome the no-fly zone protection, contrary to the Iraqi regime that is against it.
Jalal Talabani -
Quite frankly, I'm running a campaign on the economy and jobs and economic opportunities for the American people.
Cory Gardner -
It's dangerous to get too far from what they identify you with.
Jimmy Rushing -
Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.
Jerry Costello
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I think that there will always be a need for Housing and Urban Development.
Alphonso Jackson -
It is very vulgar to talk about one's business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then merely at dinner parties.
John Wanamaker -
In the 20s, you were a face. And that was enough. In the 30s, you also had to be a voice. And your voice had to match your face, if you can imagine that.
Joan Blondell -
I started my work on a lot of the 'Batman' books. So I've worked on a 'Batman,' 'Spider-Man,' some of the 'X-Men' books.
Brian Stelfreeze -
Damita Jo. Jo. That's my middle name. It's let in about the different characters that live within me. They say we have 200 characters that we portray with different people.
Janet Jackson -
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.
Hilary Mantel