When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's … - Kristin Scott Thomas

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Human survival is something that you can't see in another person; you can see if someone has that will to survive or that will to win; you can't see that, you can only watch that evolve over time.

Kristin Scott Thomas

When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.

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