Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
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I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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Freedom is absolutely necessary for the progress in science and the liberal arts.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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The strange anthropological lesson of social media is that human beings, if given a choice, often prefer to socialize alone.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.
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The tale of 'Point Break' is about doing what you love and committing to what you love. It's relevant to me as a Venezuelan, to you as an American, to any Chinese person watching the film.
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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I believe the reason for my early independence is sport, through which I learnt at an early stage to take care of myself and be disciplined.
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Finally, let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win. When men and women stand together for justice, we win. When black, white and Hispanic people stand together for justice, we win.
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There is no one in America more qualified to talk about bailouts than Mitch McConnell.
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God gets me into a relationship with Himself whereby I understand His call, then I do things out of sheer love for Him on my own account. To serve God is the deliberate love-gift of a nature that has heard the call of God.
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What I do is interpret, not create. I may add elements and do something different. That is what is so incredible about theatre. Why do we love it that there are nine Hamletsor six King Lears over two years? We love to watch a different actor attack the same material.
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Some women have a weakness for shoes... I can go barefoot if necessary. I have a weakness for books.
