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" I didn't really like opera. I liked cheerleading and boys and, later, smoking. So my opera career was cut short when I was 15. My dad got sick, and we couldn't afford the lessons, so I stopped and became a cheerleader and wrecked my voice. "

Meryl Streep

Career

Smoking

Voice

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Nobody

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Friends

Had

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You

Words

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Mother

People

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Parents

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