Oprah Winfrey Quotes
For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.
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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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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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I promise to do everything I can to earn back the trust of everyone I've disappointed.
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With the price of life these days, you've got to get everything for free you can.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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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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If you're famous, you're not free.
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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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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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With sitcom writing, you're trying to write stories.
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I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
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Only in your imagination can you revise.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
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You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
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The quickest way may not necessarily be the best.
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I just said yes to opportunities that came my way.
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Writing 'William Shakespeare's Star Wars' was a fun exercise in mixing just the right amount of the Bard with just the right amount of everyone's favorite galaxy far, far away.
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I was a good sight reader and I could sing two or three of these jingles a day. An orchestra would come in for half an hour, and then the singers would come in and knock 'em out, and go on to the next one. I was the voice of Budweiser and Almond Joy.
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I am 5'6' and desperately wish I was taller.
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I try to do things that make me feel good. I go to yoga classes, drink a lot of water, eat healthily and keep things like alcohol and coffee to weekends. I don't overdo anything.
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For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.
