#me

My concept of an advice giver had been a therapist or a know-it-all, and then I realized nobody listens to the know-it-alls. You turn to the people you know, the friend who has been in the thick of it or messed up - and I'm that person for sure. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

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My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it home. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

#animal #brought #encountered #her #home

Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#everything #impacts #into #kids #out

I'll live a lush life in some small dive. ↗

— Billy Strayhorn

#i #life #live #lush #small

I think everything should happen at halfway to dawn. That's when all the heads of government should meet. I think everybody would fall in love. ↗

— Billy Strayhorn

#everybody #everything #fall #government #halfway

Love or not, I wouldn't subject a wife to the road. It's punishment. ↗

— Billy Strayhorn

#love #punishment #road #subject #wife

My grandmother played the piano, and I used to toddle over there and pick out little things that sounded good to me. ↗

— Billy Strayhorn

#grandmother #i #little #little things #me

Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#acting #apparently #being #different #finding

The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#about #being #cleans #everyone #interesting

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#good #interested #men #obsession #one thing