Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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Confirming John Roberts would endanger much of the progress made by the nation in civil rights over the past half century.
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The men who founded and governed Massachusetts and Connecticut took themselves so seriously that they kept track of everything they did for the benefit of posterity and hoarded their papers so carefully that the whole history of the United States, recounted mainly by their descendants, has often appeared to be the history of New England writ large.
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I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
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I'd like to do more acting.
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I was the first one in my family to go away to college. I came from a small town where there was no guidance in the high school at all. It was a mill town, and I never knew anyone who made their living from the arts. When you did go away to college, you went away to be something - an engineer, or a teacher, or a chemist.
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You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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I looked up to my father when I was 7 and 8. I believed it was my calling to be in the big leagues. I'd been raised by a family that always told me I could do anything I wanted.
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A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.
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The only thing I miss on stage is the falsetto.
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You have to stay on top and learn from mistakes.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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I'm uncomfortable with selfies and status updates documenting mundane pieces of my life, which I don't think should be of interest to anyone else.
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My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop.
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You just put your head down and do the work.
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A thing that many young fellows don't seem to realism at first is that success depends on oneself and not on a kindly fate, nor on the interest of powerful friends.
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The thing with drama is you're allowed to invent people who are maybe slightly better than real people.
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True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.
