Emma Thompson Quotes

We've got people looking at our seamy side and our sad side a lot of the time because that's easier. It's much more difficult to make a film about happiness with lots of jokes in it.

Emma Thompson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Testing oneself is best when done alone.

Jimmy Carter

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There was a while where every role I was getting offered was extremely noble - like the judge or the kindly nurse.

John Cho

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Tell everyone to vote: Tom Savini for Governor on 'The Walking Dead'!

Tom Savini

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Imagine if you could go watch Mozart today, even if it's the last, crappiest show he ever played. What a thrill that would be.

Roger Daltrey

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Sometimes I come home and still can't believe it's all mine.

Lorrie Fair

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The original is unfaithful to the translation.

Jorge Luis Borges

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I think what we really want to do is to create a real soccer nation. We want to have kids really wanting to play the sport.

Christian Pulisic

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My son joined the army to protect America, not Israel.

Cindy Sheehan

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We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, 'Don't worry about winning': If you win I'll get you ice cream, but if you lose I'm going to pout in the car.

Bode Miller

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I'm so happy that I finished college. Going into this crazy vortex of scrutiny is tough. If I was younger than I was now and I was going to fashion shows, I might have this distorted sense of self. I might rely on those cameras. Because when I was 18, I was half-baked.

Allison Williams

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History is written by the victors.

Winston Churchill

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Charles Darwin sailed around the world for two years on the 'Beagle,' and he had quite a bit of interest in things like the iguanas of the Galapagos, even though they were primitive compared to your average Englishman.

Seth Shostak

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