Oprah Winfrey Quotes
Wherever you are, that’s your stage, your circle of influence. That’s your talk show, that’s where your power lies. ... You have the power to change somebody’s life. Everyone has a calling, and your real job in life is to figure out what that is and get about the business of doing it.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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When I was in college, I learned to really take care of my body and figured out what works best for me and what doesn't work for me when it comes to my nutrition. That helped so much on the field because soccer is such a fitness-oriented game.
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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
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I'm a bit of a fashion magpie.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing had absorbed the shock, so that we were not uneasy about the motor in case of a landing of that kind.
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We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.
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I didn't particularly like being objectified.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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Israel will not divide its land. We're already too small.
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I definitely want my fans to know that I'm here to stay, and I'm going to continue to give them hot music.
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There are so many great galleries and museums in London, but they can be very crowded during the day.
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I thing Ed Sheeran is fantastic.
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For most of my 20s, I looked like I was 12. Now that I'm pushing 40, I guess I look closer to... 15? It must be my macrobiotic diet. Oh, wait, except that I don't have one of those.
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I come from hardworking, determined people on both sides of my family... the kind who live with a hard reality from which much strength comes.
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Wherever you are, that’s your stage, your circle of influence. That’s your talk show, that’s where your power lies. ... You have the power to change somebody’s life. Everyone has a calling, and your real job in life is to figure out what that is and get about the business of doing it.
