Quote by Emma Thompson
I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite

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. – Emma Thompson

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I understand what its like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a lot of support. People say, Shes got her daughter shes got her husband. Yeah, but she hasnt got anyone else. – Emma Thompson

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Family
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I dont mean being famous is a perk, because one knows that its not necessarily a perk, but there are certain perks to being well-known and respected in ones field. Public perks. Like, I dont know, general friendliness and willingness to please, just to point out two. – Emma Thompson

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famous
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And its absolutely true that male sexual behaviour and female responses to male demands change a lot when they start communicating – and the levels of the communication that Ive seen on the ground in very, very poor areas are so high and I think why dont we have that here? – Emma Thompson

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Change
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Death
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Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink – such is the bravery of the dog and boar. – Xun Zi

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Death

The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death. – Vladimir Lenin

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Death

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth – of my passions – of my death a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies – whose factions I sought to quell – whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim – whose freedom has been my fatal dream. – Thomas Francis Meagher

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Death

We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free. – Bill Hicks

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Death

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