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"  Meryl Streep is a national treasure and when she talks, people listen. Fortunately, our favorite Devil In Prada regularly drops pearls of wisdom (pearls? more like boulders?) and the advice she gave to young women \u2014 while accepting an honorary doctorate; is there anything this woman can&amp;#039;t do? \u2014 thinking about entering the entertainment industry is some life-changing real talk about body image. &amp;quot;For young women, I would say, &amp;#039;Don&amp;#039;t worry so much about your weight.&amp;#039; Girls spend way too much time thinking about that, and there are better things. For young men, and women, too, what makes you different or weird, that&amp;#039;s your strength. Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up. I used to hate my nose. Now, I don&amp;#039;t.&amp;quot; Print this out and pin it over your mirror! And if anyone ever asks you to change your appearance, a stern &amp;quot;Meryl told me not to&amp;quot; will quiet any critic. Who&amp;#039;s gonna step on Meryl? She&amp;#039;s got a Wikipedia page just for all the awards she&amp;#039;s won! Photo credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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