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Emily Mortimer
My dad had this philosophy that if you tell children they're 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.
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Emily Mortimer’s father believed that telling children positive things about themselves helps them truly feel that way, which made her confident about her looks. However, despite feeling attractive, she still didn’t have the social experience of many romantic relationships like some other girls at school.
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