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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If China was like the moon, then arriving in Saudi Arabia was Mars. At least you can see the moon from Earth.
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Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
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Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Center, a speaking Voice. . . . Life from the Center is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is simple. It is serene. It is amazing. It is radiant.
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I do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious.
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You have to know your value, demand to be respected, speak your mind, and dare to ask for what you want. I struggle with every single one of these.
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For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.
