Oprah Winfrey Quotes
You want to make decisions that are meaningful to you, and that are going to continue to enhance you being who you really are and what your message to the world is, and everybody has one. The real important thing is to know what that message is and how you want to carry that forward.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible.
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Christlike communications are expressions of affection and not anger, truth and not fabrication, compassion and not contention, respect and not ridicule, counsel and not criticism, correction and not condemnation. They are spoken with clarity and not with confusion. They may be tender or they may be tough, but they must always be tempered.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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You just have to take control of your own performance.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
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Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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You can have the best people in the business, but if they're not collaborating - and they're butting heads - then it's all going to go south.
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Applications for loans would be judged on a nation's social justice record as well as its economic efficiency.
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If I don't document something, it's usually either for a good reason, or a bad reason. In this case it's a good reason.
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I'm on Twitter. I created my account for my fans, and I do respond back once in a while, because they're so great.
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To work for Shonda Rhimes is heaven. It's been amazing.
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How much closer can I get to the common ear, the mainstream, and how much it can still be from this other world, this other place? That's the line I keep trying to tread but have my wings extend more on both sides.
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You want to make decisions that are meaningful to you, and that are going to continue to enhance you being who you really are and what your message to the world is, and everybody has one. The real important thing is to know what that message is and how you want to carry that forward.
