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The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#becoming #ending #endless #had #melody

Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#been #inner #me #performing #process

A lot of people go off and have fun adventures, or hard adventures, and their impulse is to write about them right away. What really makes a difference is having some perspective on what happened. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

#adventures #away #difference #fun #go

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

#been #concept #friend #giver #had

If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#character #confident #even #i #i am

America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#america #day-to-day #day-to-day life #either #life

How you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#first #how #industry #meet #perception

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

— Meryl Streep

#birth #changes #i #immediately #personality

Chris Cooper is one of my favorite actors in the world. I've seen him in most everything he's done. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#cooper #done #everything #favorite #him

I have four to five months, tops, per year to give to my acting work. ↗

— Meryl Streep

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