Helena Bonham Carter Quotes

I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image.

Helena Bonham Carter

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Wisconsin's kids shouldn't be allowed to fail just because Washington is failing them.

Jim Doyle

Just BecauseWashingtonFailKids

Poets are always ahead of things in a certain way, their sense of language and their vision.

Jim Jarmusch

VisionLanguageAheadWayAlways

Those moments onstage when you realize what you and your compatriots are doing matters - someone in that room needs to hear that story, someone needs to escape or heal or learn or breathe, and remember, we're all in this together.

Jessie Mueller

TogetherStoryLearnDoingMoments

The apparent pointlessness of fashion may be just what makes it so strong as a zeitgeist sensor. Even I, a designer, do not know why a certain proportion feels dated or why another one feels exciting at a given moment. I leave that to the cultural historians and theorists.

Jil Sander

MomentFashionStrongKnowWhyMay

I ski and grew up skiing.

Jeffrey Wright

SkiingUpGrewSki

If I write a joke, sometimes people will call it a 'lie,' and I'm fascinated with that.

Jen Kirkman

LiePeopleSometimesWillWrite

Psychological horror is more interesting to me than the explicitly physical.

Andrew Pyper

MeInterestingHorrorMoreThan

It is easy to overlook the importance of the young in underdeveloped countries. It is the natural course for nations, and diplomats, and those who publish newspapers, to speak to the established order. Seeking out the young requires a conscious effort.

Robert Kennedy

EffortSpeakEasyYoungOutOrder

We always thought it strange that nobody was up on that stage playing soul stuff. Maybe people were playing it in their garages, like us, but they always reverted to pure rock when they got on stage.

Michael Hutchence

SoulPeopleThoughtNobodyRockUp

If I used to say that Indonesia would be free when the corn ripens, I can now say that Indonesia will be free before it blossoms.

Sukarno

FreeI CanNowSayWillCorn

There's a real, brutal nature to the capitalism practiced by the main character in 'How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia.' And I think playing dirty is certainly part of that.

Mohsin Hamid

NatureCharacterCapitalismThink

I'd love to write for other people.

Miranda Lambert

LovePeopleWriteOther

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