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 get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I'm not much of a jokester.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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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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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
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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 love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.
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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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The question isn't whether you have a good master or a bad master. It's to be your own master. That is the dignity of humanity.
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I am constantly thinking ahead to what I want to write about in the future, and when I'm done with one project, I give myself a little time and then start the next one.
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Happiness is determined by factors like your health, your family relationships and friendships, and above all by feeling that you are in control of how you spend your time.
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I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos.
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I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.
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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.
