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I rarely say this to people who aren't me, but you've got to calm down.
— The Devil Wears Prada ‧ 2006
Behind the line
What it means
Our 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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