Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes

When I was thin, I had no notion of what being fat is like. When I worked in a department store, I had sold clothes to women of most sizes, so I should have known; but perhaps you have to experience the state from the inside, to understand what fat is like.

Hilary Mantel

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• The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.

  

  Tammy Blanchard
  • Time
  • Best
  • Trust

• It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.

  

  Laetitia Casta
  • Time
  • Different
  • Fun

• I think that boy bands as a whole are really coming back.

  

  Carlos Pena, Jr.
  • Think
  • Boy
  • Back

• I've worked with lots of musicians - like Tina Turner - and I love when they go in front of the fitting mirror and do their thing, pose, dance. I love that moment!

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Like
  • Moment
  • Thing

• The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us.

  

  Madame de Stael
  • God
  • Sense
  • Enthusiasm

• We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

  

  P. D. James
  • Good
  • Friends
  • English

• People are worried about what's going to happen to journalism - and they should be. Every day, the blogosphere is getting better and print media is getting worse; you have to be an idiot not to see that.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • People
  • Day
  • Media

• I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more.

  

  Patricia Hewitt
  • People
  • Politics
  • Week

• The situation in the West Bank and Gaza involves a military occupation amid urban guerrilla warfare, analogous to the British security measures in Northern Island, that hopefully will end with a cease-fire.

  

  Jack Schwartz
  • Military
  • Fire
  • End

• A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.

  

  Ice T
  • Good
  • Different
  • Yourself

• The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress.

  

  Caleb Cushing
  • People
  • Power
  • Constitution

• Factually, the Temple Mount is the precise location of the Temple. It's the holiest place in the world for Jews. It's the third holiest place for Muslims. And we need to respect each others' rights, freedom of religion.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • World
  • Freedom
  • Respect

• The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • Small
  • Leadership
  • Situation

• Education is very important to me.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • Important
  • Education
  • Me

• I would say that the woman's ability to multi-task and to be maternal in instinct, it fosters a different approach to the character that makes sense as an actor.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • Different
  • Character
  • Woman

• You can be still and still moving. Content even in your discontent.

  

  Ram Dass
  • You
  • Moving
  • Content

• It's essential not to have an ideology, not to be a member of a political party. While the writer can have certain political views, he has to be careful not to have his hands tied.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Political
  • Party
  • Hands

• Women's bodies have become a real battleground for politics.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • Women
  • Real
  • Politics

• Every person has a legacy. You may not know what your impact is, and it may not be something that you can write on your tombstone, but every person has an impact on this world.

  

  Dara Horn
  • World
  • May
  • Legacy

• Man can change his conditions by changing his words.

  

  Florence Scovel Shinn
  • Words
  • Change
  • Conditions

• It becomes very tempting to ask whether, in principle, it's possible to create a universe in the laboratory-or a universe in your backyard-by man-made processes.

  

  Alan Guth
  • Universe

• I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too.

  

  Lisa Gardner
  • Hope
  • Strong
  • Empowering

• When I was thin, I had no notion of what being fat is like. When I worked in a department store, I had sold clothes to women of most sizes, so I should have known; but perhaps you have to experience the state from the inside, to understand what fat is like.

  

  Hilary Mantel