Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) Quotes
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.
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A genuinely happy person is one who has rendered others happy.
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Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
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When you negotiate with terrorists, you get more terror.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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I voted for you during your last election.
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You can't get emotional about your work.
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Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name that often.
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The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
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The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.
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My salary is converted to bitcoin, and taxes are taken out. You have to do all the tax computations in dollars because the IRS does not deal in bitcoins.
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I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is.
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Getting movies developed doesn't do me any good as a producer. It only does me good to get movies made.
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The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.
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My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.
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If you don't look out for others, who will look out for you?
