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I rarely say this to people who aren't me, but you've got to calm down.
— Emily ‧ The Devil Wears Prada
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker urges another person to calm down, while admitting that this advice is usually directed inward. The admission complicates the authority of the instruction. Read as self-aware humour, it allows a glimpse of personal tension inside an attempt to manage someone else's.
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