Meryl Streep quotes

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

I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.

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

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician.

Hillary Clinton has taken some fire over 40 years of her fight for families and children. How does she do it? That's what I want to know. Where does she get her grit and her grace? Where do any of our female firsts, our pathbreakers, where do they find that strength?

There are improbable things suspended in space, like the earth.

The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.

Grace, respect, reserve, and empathetic listening are qualities sorely missing from the public discourse now.

I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.

I'm really interested in the collaborative thing. It's what makes it scary because you never know what it's going to end up like. But you hope. You put yourself in the hands of the best people you can find, and you're completely dependent on the kindness of strangers and their commitment. It's like this mutual delusion.