#aw

What I loved about playing the corpse is that obviously somebody else got to do the physical part. It appeals to the part of me that likes playing character parts and getting the chance to get away from my own physicality. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#appeals #away #chance #character #corpse

Feverishly we cleared away the remaining last scraps of rubbish on the floor of the passage before the doorway, until we had only the clean sealed doorway before us. ↗

— Howard Carter

#before #clean #cleared #doorway #floor

The first time I ever saw snow skis was when I was 62 years old and that was 19 years ago and I'm still skiing. So, we'll be skiing with some very close friends of the Carter Center letting them know what the Carter Center is doing around the world. We have programs in over 65 countries. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#around #carter #center #close #close friends

...remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#gender-equality #gender-politics #law #men #politics

I had an older brother who passed away recently, an older sister and a younger brother. ↗

— Steve Case

#brother #had #i #older #older brother

I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. ↗

— Steve Case

#hawaii #honolulu #i #i was born #raised

Facebook is really about communicating and telling stories... We think that people can really help spread awareness of organ donation and that they want to participate in this to their friends. And that can be a big part of helping solve the crisis that's out there. ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#awareness #big #communicating #crisis #donation

I start a lot more songs than I finish, because I realize when I get into them, they're no good. I don't throw them away, I just put them away, store them, get them out of sight. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#because #finish #get #good #i

God gives us life and takes us away as He sees fit. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#fit #gives #god #life #sees

The single outstanding exception was the broad yet precise mandate communicated by the General Assembly in 1946 to prepare as soon as possible the Charter of Human Rights which the San Francisco Conference had not had the time or the courage to draw up. ↗

— Rene Cassin

#broad #charter #communicated #conference #courage