Oprah Winfrey Quotes
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When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.
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What's interesting is to be sexy but not know it. You'll be in a restaurant, and some girls will walk in and you can tell that they really want to be sexy. It's written on their faces because that's all they want to show. There's a fear that one might not look further.
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Many a man owes his advancement very largely to his ability to converse well. The ability to interest people in your conversation, to hold them, is a great power.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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This is why I have always said that it would be better if Muslims were poor.
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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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We're at maybe 1% of what is possible. Despite the faster change, we're still moving slow relative to the opportunities we have. I think a lot of that is because of the negativity... Every story I read is Google vs someone else. That's boring. We should be focusing on building the things that don't exist.
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The mode of consciousness of nonhuman species is quite different from human consciousness.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.
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Introspection, or 'sitting in the silence,' is an unscientific way of trying to force apart the mind and senses, tied together by the life force. The contemplative mind, attempting its return to divinity, is constantly dragged back toward the senses by the life currents.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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If I had a choice, I'd rather be admired less and have my husband tormented less. I'd prefer that people concentrate on a fair assessment of him and his Presidency.
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When I went into the Montreal Games, nobody expected much out of me.
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The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution.
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I feel like I'd have a different approach to football now after doing music.
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When I walked in to read with Edie Falco, it was nice, because I auditioned in New York, and it was very quick. You walk in, there's Edie, the producers, the director, and a camera. I read three scenes, and it was done.
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I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people.
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The best of times is now.
