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"The purpose of work is to labor and invest time in your gift."
"The people who have recently come to this country to work and better their lives should be given the same opportunities that our parents, grandparents, and ancestors were given."
"Bolts work on nuts; pens work on paper. But you must work on yourself. Go, get working!"
"Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this."
"The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate resources and modern technologies, we can protect our citizens without intruding on our liberties."
Explore more quotes by Meryl Streep
"Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children."
"Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men."
"You just have to keep on doing what you do. It's the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting."
"I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work."
"If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try."
"All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene."
"I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school."
"Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too."
"The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process."
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