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I understand what its like to come with your family, and to uproot

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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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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If you dont want women to do whatever they need to do then you must provide them with food, you must provide them with shelter and their basic human rights. – Emma Thompson

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A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all theyre thinking about is how they look. – Emma Thompson

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My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father. – Hugh Leonard

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Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me. – Katherine Heigl

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I dont have a saviour or a royal family. – John Malkovich

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In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry. – Margaret Laurence

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