Oprah Winfrey Quotes

Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for.

Oprah Winfrey

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A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens.

Dambisa Moyo
- Long
- Money
- Power
I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and did it without thinking.

Natasha Leggero
- Up
- Thinking
- Comedy
The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable.

Manmohan Singh
- Believe
- Long
- Law
There's a restaurant I go to whenever I can called The Richmond Cafe. It's a little Thai restaurant owned by a group of Thai women - I think they're all a family, and they're just really, really nice, and they make amazing massaman curry.

Fionn Whitehead
- Women
- Family
- Nice
Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

Malcolm Muggeridge
You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.

J. Smith-Cameron
- Music
- Country
- True