A Quote by Meryl Streep
Grace, respect, reserve, and empathetic listening are qualities sorely missing from the public discourse now.
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That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.
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