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" People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there. "
Meryl Streep
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" People at agencies and studios, including the parent boards, might look around the table at the decision-making level and feel something is wrong if half their participants are not women. Because our tastes are different, what we value is different. Not better, different. "
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" I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life. "
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" You can't suppress the things that make us human. It's pointless to try. "
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" It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician. "
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