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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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Emma Thompson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 15
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Children are the most wonderful audiences. What's struck me most is that that they watch it so silently, until the end when they shriek and shout and clap.
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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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