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Hilary Mantel Quotes

When you get fat, you get a new personality. You can't help it. Complete strangers ascribe it to you.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: english
Birth: July 6, 1952

Topics

Personality Fat Help You Strangers

I do strongly believe myself that members of the government who sit in the House of Lords should be accountable to the elected House because otherwise there is a democratic deficit, and that is wrong.

Myself Government Believe House Sit

Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement which tries to work out the most effective ways to improve the world. Effective altruists - conform to old-school utilitarian principles - consider all causes and actions, and then act in the way that they believe brings about the greatest positive impact.

Jens Martin Skibsted

Positive Work World Believe Impact

I didn't make 'The New York Times' bestseller list until 'Charmed Thirds,' and then again for 'Fourth Comings.' It gave me a certain validation, and it certainly helps position me for future books, but it's not something I think about on a daily basis.

Megan McCafferty

Future Daily New York Me Think New

I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process.

Meredith Brooks

Time Process Feel You Everything

I have just one black and white photograph left of my mother when she was younger. She was 17 when it was taken and beautiful with wispy curls and eyes that shone like dark marbles.

Mother Black And White Beautiful Eyes

I always think the villains in all of the Disney movies are almost operatic in scale.

Jonathan Freeman

Think Movies Always Almost Scale

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

War Anxiety You Master Beware Avoid

Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.

Actor Some Himself Part Every Plays

I think Seattle has a great sort of luxury and comfort sensibility, which I oftentimes think is lost in fashion for fashion's sake.

Great Fashion Think Luxury Comfort

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

Art Nothing Image Sharp Worse Than

'Scary Movie' was a different type of comedy than I'm used to. I've mostly done sitcoms, so working with David Zucker, who wrote the film and who directed the last two 'Scary Movie's and 'Airplane' and 'Naked Gun,' was a lot of help.

Airplane Gun Comedy Help Done Naked

On Halloween, because we don't celebrate it, my dad would drive me somewhere, anywhere different. Like Little Italy in New York to walk around and teach me all about the food and culture.

Food Culture Walk New York Celebrate

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