Emma Thompson Quotes
Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.
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Definitely for me, my personality, having children was a definite sea change. I found it very, very hard to balance show business and being a dad. The narcissism of show business and the complete, total focus of it was very difficult.
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I wasn't thinking of a sequel when I finished 'Life Class.' What changed my mind was the perception that the characters had a lot of life left in them, a lot of unresolved conflicts, and also I became interested in the Tonks pastel portraits of facially disfigured soldiers and in the whole area of facial reconstruction.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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When I was in high school, I started getting into Japanese wrestling. For me to watch those matches, I had to order VHS tapes through catalogues, and these tapes were, like, $20 each.
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I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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I just wanted to be like J.Lo when I started. The last thing I want to be is a model-slash-actress. But I love actress-slash-musicians.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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I was kosher until I had my Bar Mitzvah, and I parlayed officially becoming a man into telling my father I wanted to eat cheeseburgers.
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The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.
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War is never anything less than accelerated technological change. (p. 102)
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Even if you aren't a believer, there are incredible stories in the 'good book' that I guarantee you will keep you glued to the page. The Bible is no less a part of our cultural heritage than Shakespeare is - and by the way, Shakespeare's plays are absolutely loaded with Biblical references.
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I have never been one to run when tragedy strikes.
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Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.
