Oprah Winfrey Quotes

The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white folks working for me.

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• I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword - I'm loyal to one particular paper, the 'Guardian' - and that's my idea of a perfect morning.

  

  Laura Marling
  • Up
  • Perfect
  • Morning

• I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Different
  • Writing
  • Trying

• Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.

  

  E. Stanley Jones
  • Character
  • Jesus
  • Stand

• And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • People
  • Freedom
  • Feeling

• My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.

  

  Sally Kirkland
  • Kind
  • Attitude
  • Enthusiasm

• One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.

  

  Karen Mills
  • Important
  • Business
  • High

• I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.

  

  Larry Hogan
  • Like
  • Hair
  • Gray

• If I don't create, I don't exist.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Create
  • Exist

• Quirky is what a guy would call a girl he doesn't understand.

  

  Kat Dennings
  • Guy
  • Girl
  • Understand

• When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Day
  • Everyday
  • Tears

• I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.

  

  LaDainian Tomlinson
  • Life
  • Real
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• If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.

  

  Patrick Macnee
  • Would
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• I have to have a cheat day. I know when I'm being good all week long that come Sunday, I'm going to lie by the pool, have a drink, and eat some pizza.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Good
  • Long
  • Day

• A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.

  

  Nathan Fielder
  • People
  • Time
  • Real

• Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • Society
  • Never
  • New

• We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Love
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  • Compliments

• Look, maybe I'm just not good at multi-tasking and am, therefore, jealous of those of you who can get in a workout while yammering on your cell phone, but for the love of all that is good and pure, shut your yap!

  

  Rachel Nichols
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  • Jealous
  • Pure

• For years I felt that I didn't have enough stamina and then, four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. The medicine for asthma never worked.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Never
  • Air
  • Enough

• A planned life is a dead life.

  

  Lauren Bacall
  • Life

• It's great - that's the best part about being famous is that people want to get to know me. People come up to me and introduce themselves, and I make friends, and then I meet their friends. It seems like I have a very happy and comfortable social life, which is something I never had when I was younger.

  

  Rivers Cuomo Weezer
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• All I can do is put out the good stuff, and people will make the decision on whether they like it. My fans are very intelligent people. They're not stupid. They know what's good.

  

  Action Bronson
  • People
  • Good
  • Decision

• Good short-story collections, like good record albums, are almost always hit-and-miss affairs - successful if they include three or four great tracks, wildly successful if they have five. And that's as it should be.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Good
  • Great
  • Successful

• There's been times when I've had heartbreaking moments and I'm like, 'I can't believe you said that,' or 'I can't believe you did that'. And it hurts, it still hurts, and it'll always hurt, but I've never had somebody that I truly cared about just walk out on me, whether it was a boyfriend, or an aunt, mom or dad.

  

  Shailene Woodley
  • Believe
  • Dad
  • Mom

• The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white folks working for me.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Life
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