Meryl Streep Quotes
The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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I use loads of moisturising products and make sure I cleanse, tone and moisturise every day. It's just so important to always keep your skin moisturised.
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My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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We made music that wouldn't be in synch.
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Entrepreneurship requires flexibility and an open society, and there will always be people who succeed and people who follow. For those who lead, they have an obligation to create a better life for the people around them.
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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I follow a simple formula when I compose. I ask myself, 'What would the audience want to hear?' and 'Why would they buy my CDs?' And the process of answering these questions through music follows. Sometimes, it works. Sometimes, it backfires.
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The track is fast and I appreciate anything is possible.
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I'm trying to learn from various corners of the world.
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My religion would be a gentle faith that believed in the sacredness of leisure. Napping as a form of prayer.
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Mother was actually a great doer and organizer. All the special occasions were directed by mother.
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I'm very comfortable in Argentina. I was raised there as a baby and stayed there until I was 11 years old, so the first decade of my life or my formative years were spent in Argentina. I stayed in tune with the food, music and language.
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Nobody should expect an actor to have these wonderful ideas and concepts about the world: they pretend to be other people for a living.
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We can't have it so there are skyscrapers side by side with slums.
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We are the party of the Czechoslovak proletariat and our general headquarters are in Moscow.
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Hollywood has got technology, method, and discipline.
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I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.
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The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.
