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Everything that truly makes us happy is quite simple: love, sex, and food!

Meryl Streep

From time immemorial, great minds have attempted to pin down the source of happiness, and to beloved actress and three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep, joy is a fairly simple matter. “Everything else — power, influence, strength — all those things can overpower what's important in life,” she said in a 2011 interview with “The Talks.” Streep pointed out that the best pleasures in life are often the most basic human needs — the secret is to never take them for granted.

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Fill in the blank: "When we ___ a person, we accept him or her exactly as is." - Fred Rogers

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