Emma Thompson Quotes
There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
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Listen to my voice - I sound like I'm permanently congested.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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I am a huge, huge fan of the plain white tee. A good-fitting, vintage plain white t-shirt, like the 'boyfriend shirt', is the sexiest thing a girl can wear. It goes with anything, fancy or casual.
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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
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I am a big, confident, happy woman who had a loving childhood, a pleasant career, and a wonderful marriage. I feel very lucky.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz.
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In Edna, I created a satiric portrait of my hometown of Melbourne, a large provincial English city paradoxically in far Southeast Asia. She's a theatrical figure, related to vaudeville in some respects. She inhabits a world in which there are comparatively few female exponents of comedy.
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I suppose I do think I go out of my way to be a very normal person, and I just find it frustrating that people think that I'm some kind of weirdo reclusive that never comes out into the world.
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My idea of artistry has always been 'try everything until you find out what works.'
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I have to watch the news or my day is not complete.
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Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.
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The fact is, Charles and Diana's marriage was a train smash in many ways, and, as Camilla will one day be Queen, it's important for the public to understand she's not some terrible woman.
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Free of distraction, free of clinging, free of meditation. Beyond intellect: Remain in the state beyond intellect. Great Perfection. Selfless, unborn, free of extremes, inexpressible.
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There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.
