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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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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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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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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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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Amaranth, the world's most nutritious grain, is available from health food stores.
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What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history.
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It's about us going out there trying to impose our game on them and them trying to do the same to us and whoever does best will come out best.
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I had one of the best nights of my life at Mardi Gras.
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The best of times is now.
