Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.
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I've always been very visceral in that I feel things very deeply.
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Buildings are always better than drawings and models.
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I am especially fascinated with mermaids, and they are always coming out in pirate stories.
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I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control what goes on inside.
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I feel very, very blessed.
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When people first meet me, they're always like, 'What are you?' as far as ethnicity. And I've been pegged as 'ethnically ambiguous.'
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Since Madonna is positioned as always 'cooler than thou,' we all are primed for schadenfreude if something in her fabulous life goes amiss.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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I still call Texas home. It is where I spent most of my life growing up.
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I'm pretty obsessed with Sara Bareilles. She is so talented, and I feel like I would learn so much from her.
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One always wonders about roads not taken.
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I lived near Arthur's Seat when I lived in Edinburgh. It was the perfect playground as a child. I always have a wee run up there when I'm back.
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My hands were constantly blistered or bloody; my ears were always ringing. I tore through drumheads and drumsticks like there was no tomorrow.
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When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.
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I'm always surprised when actors say they don't like sex scenes. It's like a freebie. It's fun to make out with someone. So yes, thumbs up on that.
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I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility.
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I did little theater things growing up.
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Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.
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What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom.
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There's a danger in romanticizing what it means to be a writer. Because what it really means is hard, hard work. It means tearing your hair out. Feeling like your head is about to explode.
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I always feel that until you take your last breath, you're always growing.
