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I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enable you to live.
Emma Thompson
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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. Diets are the spawn of Satan.
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British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.
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I think people say you shouldn't work with children or animals, but you must only work with children.
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My worst quality is impatience.
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~I'm strict about manners. I think that kids have a horrible time with other people if they have bad manners.... The one thing you've got to be prepared to do as a parent is not to be liked from time to time.~
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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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Without the ice, the earth will fall
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I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.
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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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Children are much more understanding of the suddenness and arbitrariness of death than we are. The old fairy tales contain a lot of that, and we've stolen from them, just as they stole from Greek myth, which has that same mixture of pre-Christian chaos.
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It's such a cold night and it's the only time I've actively been grateful for menopause. I've been entirely comfortable.
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Can he love her? Can the soul really be satisfied with such polite affections? To love is to burn - to be on fire, like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise.
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The fact is that young people are going to have sex whether you like it or not.
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Is love a fancy or a feeling.... or a Ferrars?
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Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.
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Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.
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