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Meryl Streep is not here tonight. She has the flu - and I hear she's amazing in it.
Amy Poehler
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Amy Poehler
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 16
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Amy Meredith Poehler
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Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success.
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I just want to help other women achieve as much as they can in society without restraints being imposed on us. It's the most natural and normal thing to want to defend your rights to equal opportunities, equal pay for equal work, and everything that comes with that.
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Any time you talk to anyone about something that they love, they're, like, their most beautiful. It's a cool gift to get to talk to people about what they love.
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I really do believe that anything in life - any obstacle or challenge - can be made better with humor.
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