A Quote by Hilary Mantel

I dislike pastiche; it attracts attention to the language only.

Hilary Mantel

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Attention Attracts Dislike Language Only Pastiche

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Hilary Mantel
English - Writer
Born: July 6, 1952

The earliest language was body language and, since this language is the language of questions, if we limit the questions, and if we only pay attention to or place values on spoken or written language, then we are ruling out a large area of human language.

Paulo Freire

Gluttony is a great fault; but we do not necessarily dislike a glutton. We only dislike the glutton when he becomes a gourmet-that is, we only dislike him when he not only wants the best for himself, but knows what is best for other people.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

It's not as if I dislike Michigan. I have a lot of respect for the university - not only the athletic department but how they educate young people. The only reason I dislike them is because they are the No. 1 rival for OSU.

Cris Carter

Sometimes we think we dislike flattery, but it is only the way it is done that we dislike.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Nothing attracts attention like a red dress.

Laura Bush

Never run from anything immortal. It attracts their attention.

Peter S. Beagle

An innocent person is really like a magnet and it attracts, he attracts, the people towards himself, just like a flower attracts a bee towards itself.

Nirmala Srivastava

Being a twin attracts a lot of attention. But we never wished we weren't.

Shaquill Griffin

Anybody who makes an outlandish salary obviously attracts attention.

Jerry Buss

At first, they'll only dislike what you say, but the more correct you start sounding the more they'll dislike you.

Criss Jami

Order is never observed; it is disorder that attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive.

Eliphas Levi

Joy attracts more joy. Happiness attracts more happiness. Peace attracts more peace. GRATITUDE attracts more GRATITUDE. Kindness attracts more kindness. Love attracts more love. Your job is an inside one. To change your world, all you have to do is change the way you feel inside. How easy is that?

Rhonda Byrne

Order is never observed; it is disorder which attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive.

Eliphas Levi

A critic recently described me, with deadly acuteness, as having 'a kindly dislike of my fellow-creatures.' Perhaps dread would have been nearer the mark than dislike; for man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

George Bernard Shaw

Language is decanted and shared. If only one person is left alive speaking a language - the case with some American Indian languages - the language is dead. Language takes two and their multiples.