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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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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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It’s about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.
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I'm an atheist. I suppose you can call me a sort of libertarian anarchist. I regard religion with fear and suspicion. It's not enough to say that I don't believe in God. I actually regard the system as distressing: I am offended by some of the things said in the Bible and the Qur'an and I refute them.
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I have a lot of people to thank but they're none of them here so I'm not going to bother.
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But certainly in Uganda, Mozambique and South Africa, people don't really talk about sex and certainly religious leaders - some of them - up to now have been very unwilling to accept, for instance, the promotion of condom use
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Constantly worrying about your reflection and criticizing your body, shape and size is an act of violence against yourself.
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