Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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I'm a paleoanthropologist, and my job is to define man's place in nature and explore what makes us human.
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It's always really challenging trying to go from player to player/coach. You have a kind of friendship basis of relationship with all of your teammates, and now you go to this power position where you have to make decisions that might hurt people's feelings.
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Darling, when you're as old as I am, you cherish the very few musicals that have come your way that you know are great classics. You become their guardian.
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I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
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Faith is trust in ultimate meaning.
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Since I played a warrior in 'Magadheera,' my character sported shoulder-length hair and a thick beard.
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No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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My father was a sort of John Wayne Texan who'd worked as a cowboy when he was young. He'd participated in rattlesnake round-ups and swum with copperheads.
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your own time.
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I'm a way bigger worrier than I ever was before I had kids. And, you know, the stress and anxiety that can go along with motherhood, I have had to battle that.
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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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No one wants to drown. Drowning would be the worst. Cause everyone knows that feeling. That feeling, oh it's the worst... when you think you're drowning.
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I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.
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Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
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That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something.
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'Baahubali' was really the film that broke most barriers of what regional cinema can do nationally.
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There was another Judy Garland movie on TV, and it wasn't 'The Wizard of Oz,' and I was so confused. I was like, 'Wait a second, what is Dorothy doing in this movie?' And that's when I became fascinated. I didn't realize there were actors.
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There's so many great things that happened at the Grand Ole Opry in 50 years. You get the chance to go out and visit with your peers. You get a chance to sing your song and say hello to so many friends and neighbors and all that you have. It's just - well, it's a second home.
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Politics and Religion are obsolete. The time has come for Science and Spirituality.
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The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind.
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Luck happens when preparation meets opportunity.
