Oprah Winfrey Quotes
I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people's limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging.
Quotes to Explore
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We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.
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I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form.
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I never did a dirty armpit. You can look dirty, but you can't be dirty.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I am interested in shows that are not out-and-out gag fests: you see the truth of a broken heart behind them. That is what life is like: it's really funny, you see funny things as soon as you step out of the room, but underneath that is a whole bag of broken hearts. It's that real pain and that real hilarity that makes life so intriguing.
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There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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When I was little, I guess I was just an ordinary kid. But then things changed when I was in junior high. You know, kids that become geeks become one because of something. Like, they aren't good at sports, or girls don't like them. I, too, for some reason, got into things like science fiction and, well, especially science fiction as an escape.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
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It's not what happens to us that makes the difference in our lives. What makes the difference is our attitude towards what happens. The idea of luck is a powerful way of illustrating the importance of our basic attitudes in affecting whether or not we find our Element.
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I like to say what I think, and if it happens to push buttons, sorry.
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If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That's the 'halo effect.' Your first impression of a thing sets up your subsequent beliefs. If the company looks inept to you, you may assume everything else they do is inept.
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Man is as much a slave to his immediate surroundings now as he was when he lived in tree-huts. Give him the highest, the most exciting thoughts about man's place in the universe, the meaning of history; they can all be snuffed out in a moment if he wants his dinner, or feels irritated by a child squalling on a bus. He is bound by pettiness.
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I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people's limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging.
