Hilary Mantel Quotes

Much historical fiction that centers on real people has always been deficient in information, lacking in craft and empty in affect.

Hilary Mantel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I just want the same thing Joe Montana got when he was MVP. He got respect. He got commercials. He got everything.

Jerry Rice

RespectWantSameEverythingMontana

I was lucky to have parents and people who believed in me.

Megan Shull

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The toughest decision is always whether to open a restaurant. Two or three bad months, and you could be out of business.

Jean-Georges Vongerichten

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What my research told me is that a psychopath cannot change. You're born like that.

Jeff Lindsay

ChangeMeResearchYouBornCannot

Being an entrepreneur is more than a matter of simply starting a business.

Michael Gerber

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I was a big comic book fan from 13 on.

Stephen Root

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I'm not particularly a football fan, but I live in north London, and I can hear when Arsenal score, and it's fantastically exciting. Down the road you can hear the roar.

Mike Newell

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I have such a strong belief in women's ability to sustain each other.

Deidre Hall

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When you invoke the agent of change called acceptance, you must accept all that you are, all that you've been, and all that you will be in the future.

Debbie Ford

ChangeFutureAcceptanceYouAccept

Getting to wear beautiful fashion is the most fun part of the job that has nothing to do with the job.

Christina Hendricks

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Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

Woody Allen

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The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.

Peter Abelard

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