Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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You either are or you're not.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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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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Where I'm from, you're a square if you go to church or if you decide to read the Koran or Bible.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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NoScript is probably the most important privacy tool, but it costs you in convenience.
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
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How well you eat and rest helps you analyse your energy reserves.
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If you don't love something, it's not functional, in my opinion.
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The turning point really is just knowing you're an imbecile.
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I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.
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Fashion is a great thing, it's a way to express who you are.
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Imagination is a very potent thing, and in the uneducated often usurps the place of genuine experience.
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I often ask myself, 'Why is it that most of the lies come out of Islamic countries, and why is it that most of the social corruptions are in the Middle East and in these Islamic countries?' The answer is, when you control something, when you suppress something, people try to do it another way.
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Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.
