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Every leader operates under the threat of assassination.

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Hilary Mantel
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 6
Essayist
Film Critic
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Hilary Mary Thompson
Dame Hilary Mary Mantel
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My concern is less the monarchy as such than the attempt of a fading colonial power to hang onto grandeur.
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Fortitude. ... It means fixity of purpose. It means endurance. It means having the strength to live with what constrains you.
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If you are without impulses, you are, to a degree, without joy... 469
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