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Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question. ↗

— Peter Straub

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Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

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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

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The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. ↗

— Meryl Streep

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I'm not fit company for man or beast. ↗

— Billy Strayhorn

#company #fit #i #man

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

— Meryl Streep

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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

I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject. ↗

— Meryl Streep

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Personality is immediately apparent, from birth, and I don't think it really changes. ↗

— Meryl Streep

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Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference. ↗

— Meryl Streep

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