Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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I just heard the latest joke about my hair: 'Do you know what that is on her head? It's a steering wheel to drive the state.'
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I don't know if acting is what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's just what I've, you know, ended up doing when I was little, and I've kinda grown up with it.
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The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
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The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
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I put on whatever is comfortable on me. Suit, jeans and tee as long as it's comfortable. It doesn't matter what brand. If it looks good I buy it.
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There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.
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'Your Erroneous Zones' was the book that went over the top simply because I believed in it so much.
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I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.
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I know there's more to life than making lots of money and being successful and even getting married and having a family.
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Taiwan must find its own way. We have been emphasizing too much the manufacturing business. We have to become more high-tech, more innovative, and provide more value. We can't always insist on the value of low-cost production. We have to invest more in R&D to get high-value business.
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She's not a bad girl becauseShe made me see, hmmm...How love could be.But she's a bad girl because (bad girl because)She wants to be free, hmmmm... (bad girl because)She wants to be free (bad girl)
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Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.
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I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside.
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All of our ancestors came from somewhere.
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Lots of people have gone from public housing to do great things in the world and have a tremendous sense of duty to their fellow man because of it.
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To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.
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I've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. It's great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite; you look back and it's all fixed so it's a scary thing.
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There is no chasm in society that cannot be firmly and permanently bridged by intercession; there is no feud or dislike that cannot be healed by the same exercise of love.
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Often intuition will direct you. If it feels right, it's probably right.
