Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
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I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
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I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
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A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!
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Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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Instead of passing on choppy waters to the next generation, we should endeavor to leave them a calmer sea.
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One of the things I'm really good at is procrastinating.
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I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
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I haven't sold to the movies. In other words, I haven't gotten any enormous checks yet.
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I got a great kick being in the Warner Bros. studios - that was really cool. I kept singing the 'Looney Tunes' theme song all day. I'm sure they haven't heard that one before.
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Just as it had taken centuries to determine the true nature of the universe, so also the search for the beginning of human life proceeded well into the 20th century.
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This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook.
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It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world.
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I'm a big Hall and Oates fan.
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Everybody told me that if I insisted on doing rockabilly music, I'd never have a chance of selling any records. In fact, I lost count of how many people told me to ditch it all together, in favour, I guess, of sounding like everybody else.
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I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state.
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I'm a normal person, and I'm going to make mistakes. I think people have to accept that.
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Everyone deserves love and appreciation. If there is someone in the world whom we do not love, it is our blessing to work this out within ourselves. A very key spiritual principle, echoed in the Cayce readings as well as mainstream psychology, is that whatever we see in others that makes us angry, sad or jealous is a reflection of an issue we have in ourselves. If we can learn to love, respect and forgive ourselves, then we will not be angered and offended by what we see in others.
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I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.
