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.
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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.
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Whatever our creed, we stand with admiration before the sublime character of Jesus.
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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.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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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.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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If I don't create, I don't exist.
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Quirky is what a guy would call a girl he doesn't understand.
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When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.
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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.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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A lot of the time, people think I'm really dumb or really uncomfortable talking to them, which is kind of a real thing.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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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!
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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.
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Trying to take the credit for Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard, who had been at the club since they were eight. Can you believe it? I can't.
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I live by the sea in Australia and the weather of course is glorious all year round.
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It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
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To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke, to pray till the iron gates of difficulty are opened, till the mountains of obstacles are removed, till the mists are exhaled and the clouds are lifted, and the sunshine of a cloudless day brightens-this is hard work, but it is God's work, and man's best labor.
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I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts.
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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.
