"The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy." ― Meryl Streep Topic(s): Great More From Meryl Streep "There’s no road map on how to raise a family: it’s always an enormous negotiation." "I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me." "Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they’re men." More In Great "Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it."― Jean Rostand "He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man."― Mencius "The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses."― Thomas Jefferson