Helena Bonham Carter Quotes

I would pretend to be the French lieutenant's woman. I was always a romantic. I still am, actually.

Helena Bonham Carter

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I've been reading poetry publicly for 20 years, and this is what you do - you express, you sometimes dig a bit to get a conversation started. That's the point of poetry. You're supposed to go, 'Hmmmm,' and 'Woooh!'

Jill Scott

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In playing or managing, the game of ball is only fun for me when I'm out in front and winning. I don't give a hill of beans for the rest of the game.

John McGraw

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The people need to feel the music.

Ronnie Spector

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One thing I longed to do was to design a complete look, from head to toe, so I started a make-up line in 1966.

Mary Quant

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Presidents and prime ministers, whether they live in the rich or the poor world, are insulated and isolated from the devastating impact of global poverty. They read the statistics, but they rarely witness at first hand the misery and degradation of life on a dollar a day.

Jonathan Dimbleby

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As a teenager, my favourite rejection was, 'She looks too healthy,' which of course translates as, 'She needs to lose weight.'

Christina Ricci

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I'd been virtually doing nothing in the country in 16 years of being a retired lady. Being busy walking my dogs - actually not doing anything very constructive. I made one little solo album in my garage.

Christine McVie

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It took me a lot of times watching it that I started to appreciate 'Pulp Fiction.'

Christoph Waltz

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Honestly, I feel like everything in life happens for a reason, and my son has been the greatest gift that God has given me in my life and been the most game-changing thing that's happened to my life, in a necessary way.

Ciara

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I'm very open to the up-and-comers.

Bob Newhart

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We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor.

Bobby Farrelly

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LaGuardia High School is a place of acceptance. You have every type of kid there, performing. The outcast girl would not have been made fun of in my high school.

Ansel Elgort

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