Emma Thompson Quotes
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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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.
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There are people who think I should be using the position of secretary of state simply to weigh the scales on the side of my own party. I just don't accept that, and it would not be proper.
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.
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Is regulation per se bad? Is better regulation bad? I think better regulation is good for the business community, and I think that's something we should get together on.
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There's always elements of danger in New York, but people are always out on the street. I don't feel scared there at all.
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I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.
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To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.
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We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.
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Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.
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Trust me, you have to fight. When people are wrong, you've got to let them know it.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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I have an appreciation for everywhere I've been so far.
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We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.
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When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
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I joke that my niche in Hollywood has been naked foreigners.
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I can't say 'I'm proud to say' - because it's not a choice for many Americans - but I can say I'm fortunate enough to not be raising my kids on McDonald's.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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Being creative is at the heart of being human and of all cultural progress.
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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.
