Emma Thompson quotes - page 2

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. (Emma Thompson)
Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals. View quote
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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. View quote
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The trouble is it's very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects everyone in different levels of society, differently and you have to respond to it differently. View quote
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Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort. View quote
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I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them. View quote
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I don't really know how to thank the Academy for this. And if I try we'll be here till Christmas. So I better get on... View quote
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Before I came, I went to visit Jane Austen's grave in Winchester Cathedral to pay my respects, you know, and tell her about the grosses. [Laughter] I don't know how she would react to an evening like this, but I do hope -- I do hope she knows how big she is in Uruguay. View quote
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Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening. View quote
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What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together. View quote
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I think that my work is my attempt, I suppose, is to try and become a piece of connective tissue. I'm trying to communicate with people here and in America - in rich countries - about what I see on the ground in badly affected areas. (Emma Thompson)
We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really. View quote
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I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty sherry bottle which is, of course, a typical scene from my daily life, so isn't much of a stretch. View quote
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P.S. Managed to avoid the hoyden Emily Thompkinson, who has purloined my creation and added things of her own. Nefarious Creature! View quote
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It's not my fault that there is this gap between rich and poor, it is the fault of governments. I want a different world. One where I don't wake up thinking I'm so lucky to be able to feed my daughter. View quote
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Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not need it all at once; it's not good for you. View quote
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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. View quote
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I do think that despite my best efforts to resist it, I am now a grown-up. It's due to lots of very difficult decisions that you make over a long period of time - about motherhood, wifehood, and work, and all the things that one has to make decisions about. View quote
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When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result. View quote
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London has always been a haven for victims of cruelty, and been improved by them. Yet I can see it changing now. Outsiders are demonised, there are little bits of legislation, people are scared. View quote
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Film is so much to do with perfection and how differently you can feel about someone at the beginning of the film and the end of the film. (Emma Thompson)
During an election, it's like they're doing my job: they're going around banging the drum for their party and selling their movie. You know, it's the same thing. View quote
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My mother has never approved of high heels. As a result, I have never been able to walk in high heels - and they were all I ever wanted. So of course, my daughter has two pairs. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that it's not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in one's field. Public perks. Like, I don't know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two. View quote
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