Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Every time a child is saved from the dark side of life, every time one of us makes the effort to make a difference in a child's life, we add light and healing to our own lives.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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Nothing is unfilmable.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was thrown out by a federal judge because of corruption with the voting process in Philadelphia.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
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The history of business has shown that companies usually only regulate themselves if they're forced to by legislation, or out of self-interest - often in the shape of a marketable message that will help sell more products.
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TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately.
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If there's one organization in the United States that could work on its communication skills, it's the military.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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America has not produced a more salient political musician than Gil Scott-Heron.
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After running for a while, things really start to open up in your body. I felt like I'd tapped into parts of my body that I hadn't before. I let things in the universe flow through me that opened me up in a really cool way.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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If you care about injustice, and if you care about freedom, and you care about human rights, then you care about them everywhere.
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No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
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I definitely love when things get gritty and they get a bit dirty!
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Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.
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I was once in a long relationship with a man who ran a vintage clothes store but had been a chef, so I'd come home each night to a different three-course meal. I was quite fat, but so happy.
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Every time a child is saved from the dark side of life, every time one of us makes the effort to make a difference in a child's life, we add light and healing to our own lives.
