Hilary Mantel Quotes

Life being so short, and the possible books to write so many, it's good to function by night as well as by day; but would anybody become a writer if they realised at the outset what the working hours were?

Hilary Mantel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeGoodDayNightShortPossible

We make a great mistake in supposing all people are capable of self-government.

John C. Calhoun

GreatMistakePeopleCapableMake

We've been together since the womb. We met in the womb.

Joel Madden

TogetherBeenMetSinceWomb

I really want to be governor when I have a partner in the White House.

Jennifer Granholm

PartnerHouseWhiteWantWhite House

I say, If everybody in this house lives where it's God first, friends and family second and you third, we won't ever have an argument.

Jeff Foxworthy

FamilyHomeGodFriends And Family

The people I choose as models have a quality that seems to contain the past, the present, and the future all at once. It's hard to explain. I can look at 100 people in a room but only find it in one person.

Amy Sherald

FutureQualityPastPeoplePresent

At 14, I was the most disciplined guy around. I would get up at 5 o'clock in the morning and run five miles, and then go to school. Sometimes I would run behind the school bus, and the kids thought I was just crazy. I knew what I wanted.

Sugar Ray Leonard

MorningSchoolCrazyThoughtGoRun

Certain Arabs love Dubai because it's not at all like where they live. Certain others hate it for the same reason. When you hear an Osama bin Laden sympathizer rant about the decadence and hypocrisy of the Arab ruling class, you can be certain he's picturing a nightclub in Dubai.

Tucker Carlson

LoveLiveHateDubaiYouHypocrisy

I did see the Yahoo Sports story Kevin Iole wrote about how the ratings for TUF go up when there's a women's fight in the episode. I can't lie: it felt really good to see that the UFC fans - not only MMA fans but fans of the UFC who maybe hadn't seen any female fights before February of this year - look forward to watching the women fights so much.

Miesha Tate

GoodWomenSportsLieFightForward

Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy.

JR

ChangeArtChange The WorldWorld

That's what we all hope and dream to do, when we stand in front of the mirror with our Goody comb and sing into it, is to have a bunch of songs that have touched people so much that they want to hear 'em every night.

Jay DeMarcus

HopeMirrorPeopleNightStandWant

I believe in luck and fate and I believe in karma, that the energy you put out in the world comes back to meet you.

Chris Pine

LuckWorldBelieveEnergyFateYou

I was a football player at college and dislocated my thumb. I was out for a bit and passed the theatre and saw some lovely drama students walking into an audition for 'Much Ado About Nothing' and thought: 'That's what I'll do when I recover.' I joined that production and was hooked.

Clark Gregg

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