Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.

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"Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials."

- Meryl Streep

Awareness

"Giving voice to characters that have no other voice—that’s the great worth of what we do."

- Meryl Streep

Compassion

"Don't waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living."

- Meryl Streep

Happiness

"The formula of happiness and success is just being actually yourself in the most vivid way you possibly can."

- Meryl Streep

Happiness

"The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself."

- Meryl Streep

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"Beauty is not about physical perfection, but about authenticity and confidence."

- Beauty and the Beast

Self-awareness

"Beauty is found in the unique qualities that make us who we are."

- Beauty and the Beast

Self-awareness

"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."

- Lily Tomlin

Self-awareness

"Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears."

- Laird Hamilton

Self-awareness

"True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less."

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