Oprah Winfrey Quotes
There is a lesson in almost everything that you do, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It is how you enrich your spirit.
Quotes to Explore
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Marriage has made me safer.
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I make sure I sing a cappella to let people know I can sing.
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Careers don't interest me. The only thing that interests me is continuing to be a poet on one level or another, whether acting or writing or directing.
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Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.
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Church was a requirement - there was no choice in the matter; so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.
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I rarely cook traditional risotto, but I love other grains cooked similarly - barley, spelt or split wheat. I find they have more character than rice and absorb other flavours more wholeheartedly.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.
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I want to be the best version of myself - intellectually, emotionally, and physically. So I like to wear clothes that I feel comfortable in, that reflect that.
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I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.
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I watch a lot of hockey. There are some good hockey players and there are some awfully stupid hockey players.
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I think that 'Lost' is a bit of a dinosaur in terms of the type of show it is. The economics just don't support making a show this big and complicated profitable enough for a network.
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Sometimes, by using the most over-the-top, ridiculous plot device you can imagine, you get some interesting little conflicts and cool things that you might not otherwise have a chance to explore.
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Sometimes there are some matchups and man-to-mans that you like to match up on.
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My grandad was a miner. My father, brother, and uncles all work in industry.
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Kids coming out of college want that urban core excitement more and more.
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I'm not one for Sudoku or crosswords - the thing that fires my little brain is doing tour budgets.
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If you walk into somebody's office with your hair uncombed and a pick in the back, and your shoes untied, and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your arms and on your neck, and you wonder why somebody won't hire you? They don't hire you 'cause you look like you're crazy!
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Proper praying is like a person who wanders through a field gathering flowers-one by one, until they make a beautiful bouquet. In the same manner, a person must gather each letter, each syllable, to form them into words of prayer.
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If I switch showrunners and I get to stay on the show, I approach it like it's their show, and I'm here to write their music for them.
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Sometimes, after you have taken part in a seven, one or two-day retreat, you could feel that your level of practice had risen. That was because we had given our undivided attention to breaking through our level of practice. We knew that was the sole purpose of coming to a retreat here, so our levels were uplifted and our karma left behind.
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There is a lesson in almost everything that you do, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It is how you enrich your spirit.
