Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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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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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
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I am convinced that in order for you, as a patient, to be protected, it has to be transparent, evidence-based, objective information. Not self-serving information. Not pharma-driven information. Not ad-driven information. It is transparent, objective, evidence-based information.
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The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.
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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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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
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I can't remember 16 bars. Unless you write it, you can't. I just do it bar for bar.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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I'm just a person who forgives and forgets. I have a hard time holding grudges.
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The very important thing you should have is patience.
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I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
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You have to develop a very thick skin.
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The record business is dangerous to the health of bands and individuals, which is something I'm just now learning. But it's not dangerous in any of the ways people think; it's not that they try to make you compromise your art. That's not the problem.
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In order to be Miss Anybody you had to have excellent grades, and I had terrible grades because of my dyslexia.
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I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.
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My writing has changed a lot. From 16 to 19, I've changed a lot. My kind of writing in the beginning was very observational; now it's grown very personal for me. I use it as a diary in many ways.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
