Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson) Quotes
My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.
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There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Because we don't want to be wrong - so we'll be right and make it hell!
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I believe life is an 'experience ball.' You throw it at someone, it picks up their response... it grows. You play with that ball, learning what it teaches you.
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I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose.
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I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way.
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It's such a relief to see Catholic and Protestant ministers getting on - that's so rare. And in 'I'd Do Anything,' I've had so much support from folks back home, no matter what side they're on.
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Men tend to be selfish.
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I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
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When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.
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I believe that in this world it is impossible to understand God.
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When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn't believe in.
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Resist your fear; fear will never lead to you a positive end. Go for your faith and what you believe.
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I tell girls all the time that the men that have fallen in love with me, have all fallen during a man repeller stage... funny how life works out like that.
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Like pictures, men should be judged by their merits and not by their defects.
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Like Leibniz's possible worlds, most men are only equally entitled pretenders to existence. There are few existences.
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Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it.
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'I think Kathaos fears no divine forces.''Then he’s a brave man.''Oh, men make their own gods,' Yannul remarked. 'I have a god with a fat belly, and a house full of expensive women to attend his every need, and I call him Yannul the Lan in Five Years from This.'
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If we believe that it is predominantly men who batter women, it is hard to see why women also need to change: We will continue saying, 'Just change the men. They’re the batterers.'
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God … to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.
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On on-air debates: 'When I get into an argument on the air, the man can always yell louder, if a man fights like hell, he's being forceful; if I raise my voice and fight like hell, I'm being a shrew and a bitch.'
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Do not be fooled by one who recites the Quran. His recitation is but speech – but look to those who act according to it.
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.
