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I have had lots of friends whove been affected by Aids and a very

I have had lots of friends whove been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care. – Emma Thompson

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

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A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo and zoo animals have been known to die from stares. – Igor Stravinsky

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I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally – with your family, your lover, your wife, and, at a certain point, with your children. – Bruce Springsteen

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A family with the wrong members in control that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a phrase. – George Orwell

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Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family. – Juliette Binoche

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Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence. – Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911

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The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises. – Irwin Shaw

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I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker. – Kamisese Mara

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Im so single. Its funny. Im usually a relationship girl. I love being in love and having a partner in crime. But its good to be your own partner in crime. God, that makes me sound like I have multiple-personality disorder. – Brittany Snow

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