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Mariel Hemingway
Mariel Hemingway

Mariel Hemingway, born on November 22, 1961, is an American actress known for her family's literary background and acting career. She is the granddaughter of the renowned writer Ernest Hemingway. Mariel began her acting career in the early 1980s, gaining attention for her performance in the film 'Manhattan'. more

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“Since I come from a family of mental instability, and I have suffered depression myself, I knew that living in shame is senseless and painful, and that by talking about it, I have come to peace with it. The stigma behind people's suffering needs to end. We as a community need to embrace these disorders, try to understand them (if only just to talk about them) so that we can cease being defined by them.”

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Author:Mariel Hemingway
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“Those of us with a microphone who are blessed with the gift of being in the public eye have a special opportunity to give voice to all those groups whose activism is sometimes ignored or put on the back pages with the the dumbing down of television and the tabloidization of journalism. As Ralph Nader called it, "sound barks," not even sound bites.”

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Author:Bonnie Raitt
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