Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
Quotes to Explore
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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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I completely get the drag thing.
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People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
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In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'.
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In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
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There's something so soothing about the hum of Grand Central Station.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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Obviously Hall & Oates wasn't overlooked by the masses in terms of the record sales.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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My granddad was a hard worker, and my dad is, too. It was instilled in me as a kid. I never got pocket money; I had to earn it. I had two paper rounds before school, not just one. Wherever I worked, whether it was at football, in the pub, I'd do whatever was asked of me - and more.
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When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.
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I yield to no one in my admiration for the office as a social center, but it's no place actually to get any work done.
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Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick really changed the way one-hour television looked and the depth of how deep it could cut emotionally.
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I feel like everyone is really craving people to come out. People want - they need - to see that there are people like me playing soccer for the good ol' U.S. of A.
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I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture.
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There are no shortcuts when it comes to getting out of debt.
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Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
