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Anyone who tries to deny #ClimateChange looks a little bit bonkers.
Emma Thompson
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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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Without the ice, the earth will fall
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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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The insanity of consumption bothers me. Talk about the opiate of the masses. It ain't religion anymore. It's stuff.
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This morning, I went to wipe my hands on a tea towel, and while I was using it, it seemed like it felt a bit light. I unfolded it and realized my daughter had cut little bits out of it to make frocks for her dolls!
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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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Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.
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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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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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It is remarkable how many misconceptions there are here about life in the developing world and I think that that knowledge gap has done a lot to contribute to the imbalance quite frankly.
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Well, I met Sandy Bullock at an awards thing a couple years ago, and she said to me, “If I were gay, you’d be the one.” I said, “I’m there!”
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But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel I've failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I don't get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me.
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Got up this morning and could not find my glasses. Finally had to seek assistance. Kate [Winslet] found them inside a flower arrangement.
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