Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself.
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I'm truly blessed with great genes. I've never done anything drastic in my life, and I can proudly say I haven't tried any of those crazy fad diets, either. I believe in eating right and living healthy. Plus, I love going to the gym, and I enjoy yoga because it streamlines your body.
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Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
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Women's inclusion in the economy is one of the most important issues in Israel.
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After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.
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I think a lot of people think I'm doing kind of a character onstage, but what you're really getting is just me.
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I believe that given the audience attention level, we could do an even more compelling 90 minutes.
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I think women are by nature competitive - secretly, privately within their own selves, on lots of different levels, on the way they look, perform.
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We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans.
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We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other classic things in life that we undervalue and take them for granted. If you think of the classic lines of the modern jet aircraft, it's really been there since early World War II.
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There's consciousness in my music, and my music comes from a conscious place. And when people say that, I certainly take it as a compliment. But my job, in terms of selling my music, is to be universal and to try to get it to everybody.
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When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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I believe it's a woman's right to decide what she wants to wear and if a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can't she also wear everything?
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
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I wouldn't mind at all coming back to earth after my death.
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At the end of the day, New Yorkers need a mayor who understands the problems they face, brings a smart plan and good people to the table, and, more than anything, has the independence, courage and conviction to do the right thing.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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The way I look at - speaking as a woman - I understand what it means to be a daughter, and to be a wife, and to be a mother, and also to be a career woman. The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset.
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I have certain issues. I support women candidates, but I cannot support a woman that I don't believe in. I would prefer to vote for a man who believes in choice than a woman who is pro-life. We have to be able to make distinctions and not look as though we are not feminist enough if we don't support every woman. We need to have that kind of a choice.
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Religions die slowly.
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In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life.
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… even scarier is why people have stopped thinking global warming is real. One major reason, pollsters say, is, 'we had a very cold, snowy winter'. Which is like saying the sun might not be real because last night it got dark.
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Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself.
