Oprah Winfrey Quotes
I tried documentaries.It wasn't the time for me. I was going to try to do the same thing, I did make a valiant attempt but it did not work - to do the same thing with documentaries that we had done with the book club [in 2011]. The zeitgeist wasn't ready. It just wasn't ready.
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There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
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As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
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It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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At 12, turned 13, made a movie with Sex Pistols and The Clash. Learned about a lot of things I never knew and hope will never know again. Don't know how my parents let me do that.
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People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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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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What I found particularly fascinating and satisfying about the Hindu tradition was its spirit of inclusiveness. In Sanatan Dharma, or what is commonly called Hinduism, I discovered the basic truths of all religions in a way that the oneness of God and religion is comprehensively understood.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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I think it's important to not always wear pants and not always wear dresses. You should and mix that up.
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Unfortunately, as I tell my white friends, we, as black people, we're never going to be successful - not because of you white people but because of other black people. When you're black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other black people.
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Every time you get into a new job, new location, you have an amazing opportunity in front of you. You get to play dumb for as long as people will allow you to play dumb. You get to ask all the dumb questions, you get to ask multiple people the dumb questions, and you get to make mistakes. That's how you stand out in the crowd.
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Polygamy and polyandry distribute the frightening physical solidarity of monogamy. Monogamous couples are always hungry for company: to dilute sex.
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Art isn't something you do or are. It's where you aim, the target you shoot at.
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I tried documentaries.It wasn't the time for me. I was going to try to do the same thing, I did make a valiant attempt but it did not work - to do the same thing with documentaries that we had done with the book club [in 2011]. The zeitgeist wasn't ready. It just wasn't ready.
