#pa

People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe my looks to my mum-which was 90 percent of getting my first job. And, some people would argue, 90 percent of my entire career. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#argue #called #career #english #entire

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#bump #business #causing #dull #going

It didn't matter what you look like. You don't have to get up at 5:30 in the morning and there's a lot to be said for that. Corpse Bride can just play all my parts from now on and I'll just do the voice. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#corpse #get #i #just #like

It took me so many years to move out. I'm definitely a bit of a Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up. It all seemed really nice at home-why change it? Part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#bit #change #definitely #grow #grow up

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics. ↗

— Edna Ferber

#american politics #dirty #part #politics #something

No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama. Fight Club is a studio pic, and I've done very few of those. I've got a feeling it's going to change things for me. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#change things #club #costume #done #drama

It was a sight surpassing all precedent, and one we never dreamed of seeing. ↗

— Howard Carter

#never #precedent #seeing #sight #surpassing

Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#bang #been #biggest #critics #most

People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that night I felt lower than a snake's belly. The reality is still there. ↗

— Rio Ferdinand

#belly #felt #game #give #i

We were totally unprepared for such a large quantity of visitors, and in view of the preservation of the antiquities they being very crowded and in poor preservation, we were obliged to refuse admission until some preparation was made to safeguard the objects. ↗

— Howard Carter

#being #crowded #large #made #objects