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" Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film. "
Emma Thompson
End
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" Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear. "
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" Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch it so silently, until the end when they shriek and shout and clap. "
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" Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort. "
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" Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that. "
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" During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing. "
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" Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder. "
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" You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face. "
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" Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals. "
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" I understand what it's like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a lot of support. People say, 'She's got her daughter; she's got her husband.' Yeah, but she hasn't got anyone else. "
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" This morning, I went to wipe my hands on a tea towel, and while I was using it, it seemed like it felt a bit light. I unfolded it and realized my daughter had cut little bits out of it to make frocks for her dolls! "
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" Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not need it all at once; it's not good for you. "
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" I think the point about ActionAid is what it's asking people to do is engage with poor people in developing countries and understand what their lives are like and understand how the way we live our lives impacts on theirs. "
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" We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic. "
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" If you don't want women to do whatever they need to do then you must provide them with food, you must provide them with shelter and their basic human rights. "
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" I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a grown-up. It's due to lots of very difficult decisions that you make over a long period of time - about motherhood, wifehood, and work, and all the things that one has to make decisions about. "
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" You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn't working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women. "
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" The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it or not. "
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" My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman. "
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" The only way you can have it all is by delegating all the running of the home to other people - which I don't ever want to do... So you do it yourself, and it takes time and energy and effort. And if you give it the time, it's profoundly enjoyable. "
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" My worst quality is impatience. "
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" British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous. "
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" I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two. "
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