Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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I'm just there to do interviews and stuff, because we have about 40 media people there, so it's a very, very busy week. But that's the only time. I did marry, I think on one show, about 25 couples in Acapulco Bay once, but that was all just for kicks.
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I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
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England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.
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My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks.
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The most difficult story that I've ever been involved in breaking on any of my shows was 'The Constant' episode of 'Lost,' which was when Desmond was consciousness-traveling.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.
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How boring would this world be if everyone was the same?
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Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
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I'm a political conservative.
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The White House should always be a friend to American freedom.
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You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
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When I first came to do shows in Vegas, I followed the usual entertainer's syndrome - I played craps and lost.
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You can never predict what's going to be successful, so you have to do the one you really love, and I picked 'Mad Men.'
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It is a lot harder when you are 4-1 down than when you are 4-1 up.
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You make me proud to spell my name woman... you make me proud to be your friend.
