Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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You have to be un-comfortably comfortable in this business. There's always somebody else who wants what you have.
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The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
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You are not indispensable to your church, but you are indispensable to your family.
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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I don't believe in endorsing a product that you don't want to endorse.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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You have to understand, I can't do any jokes about Ross Perot, because the last thing I need right now is another credit check.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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Stuffed vine leaves tend to burn and/or stick when you cook them. To avoid this, use a heavy based pan lined with a few layers of second-rate leaves.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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Even though things happen by accident, you also unconsciously choose things that help you.
Nastassja Kinski -
I can't function if I don't have tea. I don't know whether it's psychological or a real necessity, but I just need it.
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Feelings of love and gratitude arise directly and spontaneously in the baby in response to the love and care of his mother.
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There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak.
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The idea of designing something that is like something else is incredibly uninteresting and boring.
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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
