Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.
Quotes to Explore
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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 was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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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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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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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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How can you have an educated workforce, how do you equal the economic disparities in this country, if you can't make college more affordable for those who are struggling to make it?
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My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.
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If you feel like snacking, stock up on almonds, walnuts and cranberries.
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You have to always physicalize, when you do animation recording. Otherwise, you won't get the performance right.
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My salary is converted to bitcoin, and taxes are taken out. You have to do all the tax computations in dollars because the IRS does not deal in bitcoins.
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As you get older, you see the world at a different angle, maybe more cynically, but I just bury my anger.
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When you get married you forget about kissing other women.
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It's very tough for me to focus. I'm like: 'Look, something shiny! No, focus. Oh, there goes a butterfly!'
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Thank God I'm in touch with my emotions enough to be able to pick up my children, kiss them all over and say 'I love you' over and over.
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I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will want my autograph and that'll be cool,' but you grow up and you learn that's just not how the world works. I resigned myself to the fact that I would probably never be published and if I did it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
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Even if you flippin' fries at McDonald's, if you are excellent, everybody wants to be in your line.
