Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.
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People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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It's a massive consumer frustration around the world about how long they have to wait after the U.S. to see television shows and movies. In the U.S., there's the frustration of having to wait a year to watch a movie in the format that you choose.
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Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse.
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I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.
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I don't really go out at all.
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If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
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Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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And you can't complain about kissing Emma Watson. Isn't that what everyone in the world wants to do? I've known Emma for a few years. She's this amazing capacity of young and vibrant and brilliant, but also a bright, intelligent old soul.
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You just have to take control of your own performance.
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People of Berlin - people of the world - this is our moment. This is our time.
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I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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For surely as each November has its April, mysteries only are significant; and one mystery-of-mysteries creates them all: nothing false and possible is love (who's imagined,therefore limitless) love's to giving as to keeping's give; as yes is to if,love is to yes
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Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families and broken souls.
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After things started to happen here, my choice of material was extremely limited. It was a weird situation.
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People actually really want to see what I'm up to, and that's crazy.
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I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible.
