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It's very humbling to imagine somebody else's really life and their pain ... It's my drug.
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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It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.
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First I'm going to thank Don because when you thank your husband at the end of the speech they play him out with the music and I want him to know that everything I value most in our lives you've given me.
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I have a lot of people to thank and I'm going to be one of those people that tries to mention a lot of names, because I know just two seconds ago my mother and father went completely berserk and I'd like to give some other mothers and fathers that same opportunity.
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I can't stand most things that I see.
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My feeling about fears is, if you voice your fears, they may come true. I'm superstitious enough to believe that.
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For me, clothes are kind of a character. They're more interesting in those terms.
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I follow no doctrine. I don't belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram.
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