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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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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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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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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When you do take the home pregnancy test, it doesn't quite seem real. But when you see the baby and the heartbeat on the ultrasound, it's so incredible.
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I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
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Every city and town in America would be bankrupt if they kept their books the way private-sector companies keep their books - because of the obligation cities and towns have taken upon themselves to provide health care for their retirees.
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To be recognized for your hard work is a true honor. An Academy Award nomination is one thing that, five years later, I can't form a sentence about. It has not made me feel like I can work any less hard. It makes me feel like I have to work 100 times as hard, to even be as remotely good, to work through an experience that could take me through that again.
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I've never been good at getting on people's nerves, and from the little quotes I read, it's like, 'You're not doing enough in your life if you're not making someone angry.' And I'm like, 'Man. But my life - I seem to help people get somewhere, so am I not? Should I be more aggressive?' That's the way my inside voice sounds.
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Through the years our business has been killing;-it was our first calling in life. Our knowledge of lif eis limited to death.
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I'm not really in a rush to grow up.
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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.
