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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.
Emma Thompson
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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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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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My worst quality is impatience.
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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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