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I dont think people understand that being poor means you have to w

I dont think people understand that being poor means you have to work from dawn until dusk just to survive through the day. I think theres some notion that poor people lie about all day not doing anything. – Emma Thompson

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Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isnt listening. – Emma Thompson

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communication
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But when I lose my temper, I find it difficult to forgive myself. I feel Ive failed. I can be calm in a crisis, in the face of death or things that hurt badly. I dont get hysterical, which may be masochistic of me. – Emma Thompson

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Death
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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. – Emma Thompson

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Death
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My own image of my work is that I no sooner settle into something than a break occurs. These breaks are always painful and depressing but despite them I see that theres a consistency that holds out, but is hard to define. – Lee Krasner

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To me, as long as weve known each other, Ive always thought Micks most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two foot square and give a very exciting performance. – Keith Richards

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I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work. – Marilyn Monroe

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People are not perfect… very often the relationships that are strongest are those where people have worked through big crises, but theyve had to work through them. So the challenge to us is to work through that. – Patricia Hewitt

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All political power is a trust. – Charles James Fox

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I lived to play basketball. Growing up as a kid, Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics were my favorite team. The way they played, the teamwork, the sacrifice, the commitment, the joy, the camaraderie, the relationship with the fans. – Bill Walton

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