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Quote by Emily Mortimer
My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children theyre beauti

My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children theyre beautiful and wonderful then they believe it, and they will be. So I never thought I was unattractive. But I was never one of the girls at school who had lots of boyfriends. – Emily Mortimer

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Im still shy – Im no good at my childrens parent-teacher conferences, and Im slowly learning how to ask for what I want. But I now know that I have a reserve of courage to draw upon when I really need it. Theres nothing that Im too scared to have a go at. – Emily Mortimer

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So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how crap I am before people have a chance to notice it for themselves and think maybe I havent realised. – Emily Mortimer

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funny
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Im physically completely mal-coordinated. My best friend used to make me run for the bus just to give herself a quick, cheap laugh because I definitely dont have that sophisticated cool thing down. – Emily Mortimer

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A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful. – Jacqueline Bisset

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Beauty is a relation, and the apprehension of it a comparison. – Gerard Manley Hopkins

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I was always reading those beauty magazines and wanting to become this unattainable thing. – Jennifer Aniston

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We Orientals find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and darkness which that thing provides. – Junichiro Tanizaki

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