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One must be brave if one is to take the wheel.
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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Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up.
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As there begins to be less time ahead of you, you want to be exactly who you are, without making it easier for everyone else.
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