Oprah Winfrey Quotes
I knew there was a way out. I knew there was another kind of life because I had read about it. I knew there were other places, and there was another way of being.
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Digital presentation is just television in public; we're all just getting together and watching TV without pointing the remote control at the screen.
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There is a recognition that Second Amendment rights, like First Amendment and other rights, come with responsibilities and limitations. There is no reason both sides of the gun debate can't support policies that both protect the right to legally own guns for sport and safety, and reduce the likelihood of mass fatalities.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.
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I believe in the impossible because no one else does.
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I'm not sure. I did not set it up. I have never done a polygraph test in my life. I didn't know what to expect. I was just there to answer the questions that they put in front of me.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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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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I'm just collecting gold presents, which is more fun, actually, than buying gold.
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I want to reach the heights of stardom beyond my imagination.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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It was always sort of my dream to make handbags and I wanted a handbag that was very sharp, very structured, very tailored... I wanted a bag you could put all of your things in it, you can open it, you could close it, you could hid all your tricks, but it's not all lumpy.
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As far as expectations go, you can never work for expectations. You have to work against them.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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This is the problem for which revolutionary theory has yet to find the right solution, if there is one. The difficulty is that the economic interests of the two classes are antagonistic.
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My dad was always busy. You would pop round for a cup of tea, and within minutes you would see him walking past with a step-ladder. He was always fixing things.
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Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.
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I think that it helps that I have acted. That said, it doesn't mean you're going to be a good director.
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I was talented but crazy, semi-autistic and eccentric.
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When I was young, I had a very clear point of view on things in life, on moral questions. There was a black and white viewpoint on my world. As I've gotten older, I see the grey areas appear.
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There are people who view their feminism in different ways. I used to beat myself up if I didn't react to things like I was supposed to.
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I knew there was a way out. I knew there was another kind of life because I had read about it. I knew there were other places, and there was another way of being.
