Oprah Winfrey Quotes
I trust in the ebb and flow of the universe. I trust that life's bigger than what I can see. I trust that there is a divine order beyond my control. And I trust that no matter what happens, I will be all right.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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I think I'm much too earnest to be as cool as 'Boyd Crowder'.
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It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.
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Rock and roll might be summed up as monotony tinged with hysteria.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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Any voices or fantasies, he lives with. Those are his everyday life things.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.
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One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to concentrate on lives that are completely other than your own.
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People always ask me, 'Lech, aren't you afraid of being killed?' And as an answer I shrug my shoulders.
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There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth.
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I was the youngest of six kids, so yeah, feeding myself was important, but it's not like I was obsessed with food growing up.
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I trust in the ebb and flow of the universe. I trust that life's bigger than what I can see. I trust that there is a divine order beyond my control. And I trust that no matter what happens, I will be all right.
