Hilary Mantel Quotes

What really disconcerts commentators, I suspect, is that when they read historical fiction, they feel their own lack of education may be exposed; they panic, because they don't know which bits are true.

Hilary Mantel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

EducationFeelKnowTrueHistorical

The discussion of derivatives in the political world has become a zero sum game.

Jim Himes

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Doing nothing would stress me out. So I am still pretty much active practicing judo with my friends, who are former judo athletes, to maintain our fitness as well as the friendships among us. In my spare time, I usually go jogging around the Gelora Bung Karno stadium or head to the gym.

Joe Taslim

TimeFitnessStressI AmMeDoing

As for poker, I've stayed away from that, even though when I was in Vegas for Ocean's Eleven, I would get accosted by these guys begging me to play. They just want to take my money. They see me, think 'actor' and see some easy money.

Matt Damon

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I don't know anyone who couldn't use a little boost in their energy and self-control.

Travis Bradberry

EnergyKnowSelf-ControlLittleWho

The Iron Dome system is a proven way for Israel to defend its citizens from hostile threats and will advance missile defense technology for us and other allies.

Rob Portman

TechnologyWillWayDefendSystem

As a kid, I always wanted to be lots of things. I was a Walter Mitty type. I wanted to be in the French Foreign Legion, a detective, a doctor, a test pilot with a scarf, a fisherman who hauled in a tremendous marlin after a 12-hour fight.

Jonathan Winters

FightDoctorTestPilotScarfKid

I think Charlize Theron is just as good when she is looking really pretty in a movie as when she gains 10 pounds and puts on a nose. I applaud her - good for her that she doesn't care. But she's just as good, whether she's pretty or not.

Diane Kruger

GoodLookingThinkCareShePretty

My son now is 22 months old, he's been playing since he was 12 months old and he gets standing ovations on the drums. He's been with us since he was 10 weeks old, he's been on the drums. He's got blisters on his fingers before he can even talk.

Dick Dale

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It feels as though, with all of these cable series or Internet shows or limited series events that are only 10 or 13 episodes... the quality is really rising.

Annie Wersching

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What I'm concerned with is what I would call the missing history - the invisible imprint of our stay on Earth and in time.

Svetlana Alexievich

HistoryTimeEarthInvisibleMissing

I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it.

Richard Branson

SchoolUnderstandingOldYearsLeft

Smoking kills you, but life kills you, and if you don't want to die, go into a freezer when you are born and nothing will happen to you.

Marjane Satrapi

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