Oprah Winfrey Quotes
I look at problems as opportunities and use every person, every incident, and every encounter as an opportunity to show a more loving part of myself.
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I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.
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As a successful romantic novelist - one of my publishers is Mills & Boon - I create the sort of male heroes that no woman could fail to adore and few real men could hope to emulate.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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A company's logo can be a visual ambassador, one that goes on everything from business cards to delivery trucks. When used effectively, it can be the window into the soul of a brand.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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I don't think anyone has qualms in saying victory to the people of India. But when a political party appropriates such a slogan and says this is the definition of patriotism, those who say it are patriotic and those who don't are not patriotic, then I reject that definition.
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Because I've done so many different roles, I don't want to repeat myself. It's getting harder and harder to find something interesting. You never know - I might never make a film again.
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I do think people are definitely sick of the Kardashians.
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
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Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds.
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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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There's this sort of cloud that hangs where people are like: 'How long can you keep the heat of 'Homeland' going?' People have short memories is the truth, and Hollywood loves the new and shiny.
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Hair wax is my go-to. When it comes to shampoo, I use whatever is at the rink.
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Intimacy is something to be cherished, and intimacy is not something to be afraid of.
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When I was a teen, I thought I would have to choose between my writing or my music or my art, but it turns out it's a difficult juggling game but I can do all of them.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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Jesus knew - knew - that we're carrying the Kingdom of Heaven around with us, inside, where we're all too goddam stupid and sentimental and unimaginative to look? You have to be a son of God to know that kind of stuff.
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I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.
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Cologne, Germany: 'Claud & I had a stroll in the centre of town afterwards & had great fun making the Hun men civilians get off the pavement for us .... It does one worlds of good to know how humiliating it must be for the Huns' (9 January 1919)
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I want to be true to who I am.
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I look at problems as opportunities and use every person, every incident, and every encounter as an opportunity to show a more loving part of myself.
