I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that. And for my daughter, I want to be able to say to her, 'I love this.'
Interpretation
Embracing self-love and body positivity is crucial, especially as a role model for the next generation.
In this quote, Kate Winslet emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and love, particularly regarding one's physical appearance. She recognizes that as a mother, it is vital to model a positive perspective about oneself to her daughter, fostering a healthy self-image that encourages loving oneself unconditionally.
In practice
Use this quote during a discussion on body image at a women's empowerment event.
As a child, I never heard one woman say to me, "I love my body". Not my mother, my elder sister, my best friend. No one woman has ever said, "I am so proud of my body." So I make sure to say it to Mia , because a positive physical outlook has to start at an early age.
What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life that they hadn't planned for themselves. And they wake up one day and say, 'Hang on. Who am I? Is this really me? Is this what I really wanted?' And also, 'Can I change it? Have I got the courage to change it?'
Real luxury is having the time to read endless stories in bed with my children. And I get that all the time. I'm so blessed.
If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career
I think there's a lot of pressure on young people to really be the thing that everyone is telling them that they are, opposed to discovering it for themselves.
It doesn't matter how old you are or what you do with your life, you will never stop needing your mum. And I will never stop needing mine, so thanks, Mum.
To allot God a secondary place in life was, to me, inconceivable. Though He is the sole Owner of the cosmos, silently showering us with gifts from life to life, one thing yet remains which He does not own, and which each human heart is empowered to withhold or bestow - man's love.
Is it still cool to go to the mall?' she asked. 'I take quite a lot of pride in not knowing what's cool,' I answered.
Even a god finds it hard to love and be wise at the same time. -Amare et sapere vix deo conceditur
What is love but a second-hand emotion?
This is love: to fly toward a secret sky
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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