Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.
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I love watching the old movies. I love Katharine Hepburn. I just adore her and everything that she stood for. I find it interesting watching the likes of Gene Tierney and those classic movies of the '40s.
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When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
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With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue.
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My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.
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I believe, whatever God does, he does it for the good. I always try to look at life like that.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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Recently I've been collecting Star Wars figures again. When I was a kid I couldn't afford them. Now I can so I've been buying them and keeping them in their box for a later date when they'll be worth a lot of money.
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Jealousy is the worst trait in any person.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
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I turn my negatives into my positives because one of my mottos is, 'Yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery,' meaning that you can't go back and change anything in the past.
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Soul is when you take a song and make it a part of you - a part that's so true, so real, people think it must have happened to you. … It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, do we? But it's a force that can light a room. Soul is like electricity, like a spirit, a drive, a power.
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I never write when I'm drunk. Why should one need aids? The Muse is a high-spirited girl who doesn't like to be brutally or coarsely wooed. And she doesn't like slavish devotion - then she lies.
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Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this premise, that is, that we would tax workers to pay retirement benefits for those retired.
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Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.
