Emma Thompson Quotes

Sometimes I get to put on posh frocks and be Madam Glamour, the vendor of my wares. My lovely friend Kath, a stylist, puts me into things I'd never dream of. But my real life is very different. It's very, very home-based - an intense domestic life, that's the core of everything.

Emma Thompson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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LifeFriendMeDreamSometimesReal

I like to dominate 100 percent. I don't want to just beat you - I want to wear you down.

Matt Harvey

YouDownWantWearBeatJust

I didn't become a caddie because I wanted to be a caddie. I was a caddie because that was how I could make money and feed myself. It was work. It was a dignified job.

Angel Cabrera

WorkMyselfMoneyJobBecomeFeed

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing about craft. I just wanted to become good at the art of something. And writing was very private.

Amy Tan

GoodArtMyselfWritingAesthetic

I remember being 14 years old, making a pact with myself. I would never join into the matrix, never join into the status quo, and I would always fight it. It always felt like I was on an operating table and the anesthesia never worked.

RuPaul

MyselfFightRememberTableNever

True entrepreneurs have to really forego almost everything; they have to put it all on the line.

Jon Huntsman, Sr.

TrueEverythingLineAlmostReally

Normally, the action is just a gratuitous thing. In the case of Bourne, he was going to learn about himself in the action scenes.

Doug Liman

ActionLearnGoingJustHeHimself

I think people are learning to actually aspire to be objectified.

Christina Ricci

LearningPeopleThinkAspireI Think

As a survivor, you learn how to talk fast, cut deals, lie when you have to - perfect training to be a politician, you know?

Bob Beckel

LieTrainingLearnYouPerfectFast

There are bridges that we have built not only between individual companies but also between associations. This will keep business and investments flowing.

Arancha Gonzalez

BusinessBridgesWillIndividual

Not only is there no God, but try finding a plumber on Sunday.

Woody Allen

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I got into plays in high school then I ended up going to college for it.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

SchoolCollegeHigh SchoolHighUp

The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing questions about how we should respond to people when all that we know about them is what we have learned through a medium that permits all kinds of anonymity and deception.

Peter Singer

FreedomPoliticsPeopleQuestions

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