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Hilary Mantel Quotes

'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Writing Wolf Late Rules Desk First

I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too... Hold fast to Christ.

John Nelson Darby

God Thank God Fast I Can Say Hold

The States is run by the Federal Reserve, an institution that answers only to itself and to a few large banks. It's modelled on the Bank of England. Ben Franklin said that one of the main reasons America revolted was to get away from the Bank of England, the mother of all central banks - the most pernicious and insidious of all.

Mother America Said Run Answers Get

I made the choice to have the double mastectomy, and for me it felt like the right choice, and it turned out to be the right choice.

Me Choice Right Out Double Made

Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit. Or he is dead, in which case he was never alive, it being unlikely that he died of old age.

John Ralston Saul

God Age Old Age Alive Dead Never

We attach great importance to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations. But if our diplomatic relations is subject to China's goodwill, we will lose the autonomy of our diplomacy.

Great Peaceful Lose Will Development

The King Holiday is a celebration of many things - his pursuit of racial justice, his commitment to non-violent resistance, his belief in service and doing for others. But you might also call it the other Labor Day.

Justice Service Commitment Day King

I had all these singles come out within a two-month period, and then nothing for almost two years. You start to feel a little irrelevant. You realize how many people there are trying to be songwriters and how competitive it is and how political things can be.

People Start Feel Political You Out

In a movie, you work three months to tell a story that happens in two hours. In a Mexican soap opera, you work one day to make a story that's an hour and a half. So you can see the difference in the quality of the project.

Work Quality Day Story You Three

The richest Indonesians have maybe $5 billion. Bill Gates has $50 billion.

Richest Billion Gates Maybe Bill

It shouldn't be an issue that we have a black president. Gay marriage shouldn't be an issue. And women being funny shouldn't be an issue.

Funny Marriage Women Black Gay

I'm not the best at choosing what's good and what's bad. I wouldn't even know what's a good pop song and what's a bad one. With that said, I wanted to say what's true to me. Some people might say that the Skrillex record was pop, but that was just about the chemistry between me and my boy.

Good Best People Me Song Bad

I didn't have no friends or nothing; I was a nerdy kid.

Friends Nothing No Friends Kid Nerdy

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