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Emma Thompson Quotes

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: english
Birth: April 15, 1959

Topics

Children Advice Need Half Just Ear

I have the profoundest respect for people who behave in a generous way because of religion. But I come from a country where the misuse of religion has had catastrophic consequences. One must judge people not by what faith they proclaim but by what they do.

Faith Respect Religion People Judge

Try to exercise gentleness, kindness and humour, and you cannot go far wrong.

Sophie Winkleman

Kindness Exercise You Wrong Go Try

Despite what many nutritionists have preached for years, rapid weight-loss diets can be healthy if done correctly and can work wonders on reducing pounds and inches in just days.

Work Healthy Done Years Days Just

When I did start writing books, I didn't realize it, but the girls that grew up watching the show became moms.

Writing Start Realize Watching Up

The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan.

Learning Hope Me Media See Radio

The cause of homelessness is lack of housing.

Housing Cause Homelessness Lack

I think saying 'a John Hughes movie' is just shorthand for a lot of people to say 'a coming-of-age story,' because I think, when you're of a certain age, that's what John Hughes means to you.

Age People Saying Story Think You

Christianity makes of life a moral drama in which we play a starring role and in which the most ordinary events take on a grand significance.

Life Drama Play Moral Events Role

Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended up being the biggest film star in the history of cinema.

Work History Thought Cinema Be Nice

I'm against genocide. I'm against fascism. I'm willing to fight against them so that, in that sense, I think one can still be committed to justice and committed to peace but recognize the circumstances under which one does have to fight.

Justice Peace Fight Think Genocide

As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

Anne-Marie Duff

Women Experience Me Inspire Better

The trade deficit is the capital surplus and don't ever think of having a capital surplus as being a bad thing for our country.

Think Bad Country Trade Being Our

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