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The idea that people do very bad things for sometimes very good reasons, feels reasons.
Meryl Streep
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Meryl Streep
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: June 22
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Mary Louise Streep
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In my own life, I have noticed when I have been meeting directors, that the same sentence with the same inflection can be said by a man, like: Get me this. But if the same thing is said by a woman, it's seen as harsh and unacceptable. That always fascinates me.
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I feel like I run a business although I haven't one. It's planning, planning, and planning.
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You can have a perfectly horrible day where you doubt your talent... Or that you're boring and they're going to find out that you don't know what you're doing.
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The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.
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I have a lot to say about the world, clearly. I can't put together a clear sentence about it all, but through the work I can say what I think.
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