Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Life isn't just about what you can have; it's about what you have to give, what kind of person do you want to be?
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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The poorer people and criminals of Mexico who are not very religious but not quite atheists, either, worship Saint Death.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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I am healthy and happy.
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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When I read, I take notes and underline things. So reading is a vigorous process for me, but I read in bed. My poor husband is trying to go to sleep, and I'm reaching over him to get the Post-it notes.
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It drives me crazy when your parents try to read your mind. It's even worse when they try to read your mail.
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Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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We don't want to be treated any differently, and we want to continue with our lives and our careers.
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As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.
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Homecourt is everything in the NBA.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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For an introvert his environment is himself and can never be subject to startling or unforeseen change.
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Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.
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I think on 'Third Watch' that I was the comic relief on a lot of that. I mean, I definitely had dark moments, but people tended to think he was funny even if the character himself wasn't having a fun time.
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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I bumped into my cousin after she'd shaved her hair very short, and she looked incredible. She seemed so effortless and cool, and I wanted that. And, I've had it like that ever since.
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It's all about the stache, and I have so many fans that offer me tips on mustache wax that I actually really appreciate. I've been able to get some leads on some good products.
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Violence against women is still treated as a lesser crime. Armed groups turn it into a weapon of choice because of near total impunity.
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Life isn't just about what you can have; it's about what you have to give, what kind of person do you want to be?
